Devorah Roloff

the brain you know is just so different and it's being it's wired so differently than like per se someone's brain that doesn't have this illness so it's like it might not even there might not even be a reason why the you know he's stuck on those girls it might just be how it is in his brain where it's like you know in some way maybe at that time like even if at one point he like had a crush on one of them or was like oh she's pretty and then it's like it just never went away and it's I think it's

you know when these mental illnesses you know start up and they continue it's like your brain is weird you know it can like in general even for somebody that doesn't have anything going on it's like our brains are so misunderstood and we don't have enough research on them that it's like

in his mind, it might just, it might make sense to him is why he's stuck on certain people or certain things or certain delusions.

And it's like, it's really unfortunate because it, you know, especially when you're living or trying to live your own life and progress in your life, it can get very draining trying to support and be there for someone, whether it's a relative or a friend or, you know, whatever the case may be.

It's, it's,

feels impossible I feel like at times because like you said it's like how can you really maintain any type of real relationship when you can't just like call someone up and be like hey how's your day and it's just like that you know conversation

It's almost like you have to limit it for yourself and your own wellbeing because it, it's hurtful for you to like, at the end of the day, that's your twin.

Like that's somebody that like you have a very different connection with.

And it's in many ways, it's heartbreaking.

And I feel like it's almost like, at what point do you just say, I can't do this today.

You know what I mean?

It's a lot.

Yeah, you're exactly right.

It's hard.

It's like there's no right and wrong in it.

It's kind of just like what feels right for you.

what's going on here, you know, and especially two of you, a lot of people don't understand mental illness.

So it can be easy to be like, what is wrong with this person, you know, without knowing the background.

And I think the best thing you can do is if like what you did, if you are aware of, you know, something that he's thinking or saying, just be like, Hey, just letting you know, like, you know what I mean?

And that's all you really can do.