Parents Abandoning Their Mentally Ill Children

[Ravenfreak]

One of the worst things parents can do to their mentally ill children is to abandon them because of their illness. It's sad that this happens quite often, parents can't handle the fact that their children have a mental illness. When you were growing up, did it feel like your parents were distancing themselves from you because of your mental illness? How did you handle this situation and did you seek help from other family members instead?