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Scenario

How to refuse help when mental illness distorts someone's reality

My mentally ill sister keeps asking to borrow money for what I know are delusions about business opportunities, and saying no makes me feel like I am abandoning her.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to support someone struggling with mental illness conflicts with the recognition that some forms of help may reinforce harmful delusions.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Hesed — Hebrew covenantal loving-kindness?”

Peri

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