Parents and Loved Ones

That conversation shook me. I often work with parents navigating their teenager’s mental health crises, but this was different. This was a mother holding on for dear life while carrying the unbearable weight of her adult child’s pain. It reminded me how many parents, siblings, and loved ones live this same story every single day.

“I didn’t know what emotional pain was until it was too late. And now my son is gone.” Because that is the reality: we don’t know. We lose people because we don’t know.