{"id":4062,"date":"2016-01-26T08:37:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2016-01-26T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T20:02:25","slug":"link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2523,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1RG8jOe&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1RG8jOe&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to have a mental illness, but have a loved one who does, sometimes it can be hard to know what to say. Even with the best intentions, you might find yourself avoiding the subject all together or giving unsolicited advice that doesn\u2019t end up being that helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing what to ask in these moments \u2014 moments you want to show a loved one you care but don\u2019t know how \u2014 can be key.<\/p>\n<p>So, we asked our Mighty readers who live with mental illnesses what questions they wished others would ask them.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what they had to say. Hopefully some of these can help you start an important conversation with someone\u00a0with a mental illness:&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Go. Read. Learn. Act<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1RG8jOe\">24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask | The Mighty<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to have a mental illness, but have a loved one who does, sometimes it can be hard to know what to say. Even with the best intentions, you might find yourself avoiding the subject all together or giving unsolicited advice that doesn\u2019t end up being that helpful. Knowing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mf2_syndication":[],"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Link - 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Link - 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;If you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to have a mental illness, but have a loved one who does, sometimes it can be hard to know what to say. Even with the best intentions, you might find yourself avoiding the subject all together or giving unsolicited advice that doesn\u2019t end up being that helpful. Knowing...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Survivors News and Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikemac29\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikemac29\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-26T16:37:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-01-26T20:02:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15189291772_1d4be96633_k.jpg?fit=2048%2C1371&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1371\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MikeM\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CA_Survivor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CA_Survivor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MikeM\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MikeM\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e\"},\"headline\":\"Link &#8211; 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-26T16:37:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-26T20:02:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Links\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/\",\"name\":\"Link - 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-26T16:37:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-26T20:02:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Link &#8211; 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/\",\"name\":\"Survivors News and Reviews\",\"description\":\"News and media reviews for the Child Abuse Survivor community, from fellow survivors\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e\",\"name\":\"MikeM\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1\",\"width\":860,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"MikeM\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/mikemac29\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/CA_Survivor\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\\\/reviews\\\/author\\\/mikem\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Link - 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Link - 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask","og_description":"&#8220;If you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to have a mental illness, but have a loved one who does, sometimes it can be hard to know what to say. Even with the best intentions, you might find yourself avoiding the subject all together or giving unsolicited advice that doesn\u2019t end up being that helpful. Knowing...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/","og_site_name":"Survivors News and Reviews","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikemac29","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikemac29","article_published_time":"2016-01-26T16:37:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-01-26T20:02:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1371,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15189291772_1d4be96633_k.jpg?fit=2048%2C1371&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MikeM","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CA_Survivor","twitter_site":"@CA_Survivor","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MikeM","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/"},"author":{"name":"MikeM","@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/#\/schema\/person\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e"},"headline":"Link &#8211; 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask","datePublished":"2016-01-26T16:37:53+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-26T20:02:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/"},"wordCount":151,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/#\/schema\/person\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e"},"articleSection":["Links"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/","url":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/","name":"Link - 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-01-26T16:37:53+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-26T20:02:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/01\/26\/link-24-questions-people-with-mental-illness-wish-youd-ask\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Link &#8211; 24 Questions People With Mental Illness Wish You\u2019d Ask"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/","name":"Survivors News and Reviews","description":"News and media reviews for the Child Abuse Survivor community, from fellow survivors","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/#\/schema\/person\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/#\/schema\/person\/dbc4a41a301b6455b3717df14ea3533e","name":"MikeM","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1","width":860,"height":576,"caption":"MikeM"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_0625-scaled-e1599775106108.jpg?fit=860%2C576&ssl=1"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikemac29","https:\/\/x.com\/CA_Survivor"],"url":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/author\/mikem\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjdxv-13w","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}