I’d prefer if the character was dealing with mental illness since they were young, but you can rec books where characters deal with abusive parents and stuff and how that affects them too. I just think dealing with severe mental illness as child and through your formative years affects people differently than when characters have problems with their mental health which come in during their late teens or as an adult. I look around for articles and other things to read and it’s extremely hard, the only thing that comes up are things about having to deal with a mentally ill parent.
I’d prefer if the protagonist was in their early 20s or university age but I don’t mind, if the books doesnt fit into my exact specifications but the protagonist has mental illness and the book touches on it please rec it.
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by Loose_Dragonfly_6123