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Gaslighting is an abuse-tactic by which a person manipulates another person into questioning their own sanity.

Had I known the depths of depression intimately meant that I would no longer be tactless enough to ask a person with mental health issues a question like that. It meant I would have empathy for others with depression. That I wouldn't call those who lost their battle with depression cowards or selfish, or assholes, for committing suicide.

This is really great and so relatable

It is harder to make that distinction when you have a mental illness that completely changes the way you express your personality. The way you interact with others, the way you see the world. Where do you end, and where does your sickness begin.

It is easy to tell a person that has a physical illness that they are not their cold, or their diabetes, or their stroke. Their illness is something that happens to them, affects their life, sometimes in an incredibly difficult way. But it still isn't THEM.