How selfless and incredible of this woman to share such a painful, heartbreaking yet insightful story. So much love going out to her.

Oh god that one got me. Bravo

Ohhhh, Crimson Rivers was the shit! Try Tailor of Panama for a fun, well done not exactly spoof but new take on spy movies, with Pierce Brosnan, Geoffery Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Exactly. There has to be a level of self-preservation in any relationship. This “they’re sick/need help” bullshit martyr syndrome is part of what keeps us in abusive relationships of all kinds. NO. We don’t owe anyone the privilege to abuse us.

No. Your friends are not the people to help you out of a disease. Professionals are. I can’t help you figure out your insulin or your psych meds or your rehab or your chemo. Once you decide that you’re going to get professional help, I, as a friend, can support you. That’s a valuable role. But if you are in denial…

Mental illness is an illness. And you have peaks and valleys. And there are times when your behavior isn't the person you'd like to be. But as a person who has a mood disorder, I both resent and reject your position. Having a mental illness does not preclude being rejected for friendship any more than alcoholism does.…

And if his career is ruined, it’s his fault for doing the harassing. If he’s the Dean of a Law School, it’s not like he doesn’t know better.

More likely than not.

You didn’t have to O_o me like you did but you did but you did, and I thank you

No truer words have ever been spoken.