The Vicious Circle ____ AKSHR

The Vicious Circle

 

Mental health affects every aspect of your life

until we are lost.

 

I used to love a woman who had schizophrenia—

 

she was the most beautiful person I’d ever known: smart,

 

tender, and vivacious. She would call me for hours—

 

perfectly sane—to talk about her day. But then she’d go silent;

 

she’d disappear for days.

 

I tried to love her, but I couldn’t live with the unpredictability.

 

I tried to love her, but I couldn’t live with the violence.

 

I never found out what happened to her after she disappeared.

 ____ AKSHR