Kelly

Even if you are somebody with that is mentally ill, you could also join the support group.

But I joined the one about families dealing with mentally ill family members.

And I think that's a great resource to

to join for anybody going through the same thing too.

I joined a couple of their sessions and I got to hear other people's experiences, which was pretty similar to mine.

I do think I was the youngest one on there and the only one dealing with a sibling.

The other ones were older people with children with mental illness.

um but at the same time we could all relate there was one session though where there was a girl my age on there and she was dealing with her mom having mental illness and she broke down and then i just started breaking down too because you uh it was a zoom call and you could see how it

Each person was – each person's emotions on there.

So, yeah, when she started breaking down, I started breaking down.

Yeah, because you can relate to the feeling.

Right?

Yes.

That's exactly what happened.

And, like, I don't typically cry in front of other people, but that one got me.

No, exactly.

It did feel like that for a bit.

And then I had my parents join too, which they were reluctant to do at first, but they came on the Zoom calls with me for a little bit.

And then we got resources there.

At least at the time,