What family members of the mentally ill go through

A person who falls ill , whether physically or mentally, has to go through a lot of suffering.  But I am now ruminating on the caregivers and family. They go though a whole cycle of sorrow, regret,anger, denial...... almost as if there is a death in the family.

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