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I believe that one of the scariest aspects of living in proximity to a person with severe mental illness is that their actions and responses are not necessarily
by _ah 7y ago
I believe that one of the scariest aspects of living in proximity to a person with severe mental illness is that their actions and responses are not necessarily rational, or predictably irrational, or even consistent day-to-day. Any random action (or lack thereof) is capable of triggering a disproportionate response, and there can be no warning signs ahead of time. This is mentally exhausting, since the healthy person must devote a large portion of their emotional energy decoding and understanding the current mental state of the ill person, proverbially "walking on eggshells" to avoid a negative situation.
- dfeojm-zlib 7y agoPeople who are liabilities are liabilities. It's sad when naive people don't recognize them and/or don't defend sensible personal boundaries against crazy/unreasonable intrusions.
- wolfgke 7y agoRelevant: Blue and Orange Morality > https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlueAndOrangeMorality https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlueAndOrangeMor...
- jhayward 7y ago> since the healthy person must devote a large portion of their emotional energy decoding and understanding the current mental state of the ill person, proverbially "walking on eggshells" to avoid a negative situation. Dealing with mentally ill people is quite challenging, but if one is 'walking on eggshells to avoid ..' one is doing it wrong. The necessary role for the healthy person is to be the healthy person, and not let the ill person's issue distort healthy behavior.
- _ah 7y agoTrue. But for practical purposes, some degree of conflict avoidance is often an important survival skill.