How to Set Boundaries With Someone Living With Mental Illness
Loving someone who lives with mental illness can pull you into a strange mix of protectiveness, exhaustion, guilt, and vigilance. You may find yourself screening calls, walking on eggshells, changing plans at the last minute, or carrying responsibilities that were never meant to be yours alone. In many families, this happens gradually. What begins as compassion turns into overfunctioning. What feels like loyalty starts to look like self-erasure. Boundaries are not punish