{"id":4922,"date":"2016-12-23T09:02:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:03:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:03:47","slug":"link-question-thats-hard-answer-live-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/12\/23\/link-question-thats-hard-answer-live-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; The Question That\u2019s Hard to Answer When You Live With a Mental Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2315,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/themighty.com\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/the-question-thats-hard-to-answer-when-you-live-with-a-mental-illness&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160324192538\\\/http:\\\/\\\/themighty.com:80\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/the-question-thats-hard-to-answer-when-you-live-with-a-mental-illness\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 09:20:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 20:26:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 20:26:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s a\u00a0question we like to avoid:\u00a0Who are you?<\/p>\n<p>It may be\u00a0the\u00a0question, actually. There\u2019s so much\u00a0weight\u00a0to those words you can\u2019t help but feel them hit you as your ears and brain correspond to decipher the message. Sure, some could stare straight into your eyes and answer\u00a0with confidence. 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