A lot of times, we loose loved ones who were mentally sick, say depressed, schizophrenic or with some other situation because we let them be.
Yes, most times they could be catastrophic, cantankerous and appear not to want us around. Oh they could even say to let them be.
Truth is, most times when a person tries to burn down bridges, it is at those times they need those bridges the most, for in reality, no one really wants to be left alone except they are in the process of self destructing.
Research shows that most people who were denied love in their childhood, become sceptical of love no matter how genuine it is and even push it off most times only to regret later....
A Person who had been raped or abused sexually as a child would most likely see love making as a rash process and demand same from their partners even tho in their depths they want to be made love to more lovingly and passionately...
These are the ironies of Mental Health Issues.
So don't be so quick to budge and leave, ask them again if they really want you to leave as calmly as possible, do not always claim to understand them or shut down or underestimate the weight of their feeling or pain, whatever you understand may just be a quota of what they actually feel, don't shout them down, don't think they are overreacting, trust me, not everyone is you, not everyone should react like you and you don't have an all sufficient list of how everyone should react. So instead of trying to impose your perception or teaching them how to react, give them their say.
If you do leave, make them still feel loved from wherever you are, gifts, texts, tips on how to step out of their state... Don't just leave, no, they don't truly want to live in isolation. Help them somehow.
If you can't, if you don't have the know how or expertise, then reach out to someone who might be able to.
Mental Health Issues are sometimes far more intense than we know.
