“I wish I would die.”

When the person you love more than anything else in the world utters these words, with tears streaming down his face in total despair and defeat, really meaning it, what do you do?

You try to tell him things will get better, hold him, be there for him, but what can you really do? I can’t make the healthcare system work any better. I can’t make his family stop being self-centered, inconsiderate, apathetic and completely unsupportive. I can’t make his psychiatrist step up and give him the care he needs. I can’t bring his mother back. I feel completely USELESS.