Well done for surviving.
I can't even imagine what that was like for you. Let me guess - was she a manic-depressive?

You're proof that it's not only the people with the condition that suffer, but also those that care for that person. Unfortunately, not everyone understands that. Sometimes not even the person with the illness (though of course I don't know if that applied in your case).

I have nothing but admiration for the compassion you still show her. My exes weren't ill; they were just evil. It's so much easier to understand if there's a medical condition behind it, and you obviously understand that it wasn't a personal thing - it was the illness doing those things. I honestly don't know if I could have dealt with that as well as you obviously have.
(TheAmazingMeatMan ™ can't sing, but he's got soul, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 7:33, 2 replies)

^this
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 8:02, closed)

one of my uni mates
turned into a scouser when she was having a manic episode. It was very odd. She'd moved from Liverpool some 15 years earlier to live near Bournemouth and had no trace of a scouse accent most of the time.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:10, closed)