compassionatereminders:

In order to fully respect mentally ill and disabled people, you have to give up the idea that the world is a fair place where everyone eventually gets what they deserve and work for. Because if you don’t consciously challenge that mindset, you’ll find yourself directly or indirectly blaming struggling people for their struggles. Facts are that disability and illness can hit anyone, and facts are that sometimes there isn’t an effective treatment – and those are facts that you have to face and internalize if you want to be a genuinely supportive ally.