LmiDkC: You fall in love with the person not their mental illness.
Yes. And sometimes falling in love with the person who has a mental illness does not transform the situation into a workable relationship due to the 'side effects' of the mental illness. Sometimes one has to walk away in order to maintain ones own sanity in spite of the love one feels for the orher.
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