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Love..is the Lifeblood of Mental Health...   Karen Baluch, LPCC, LICDC ,  When was the last time you faced a challenge so significant in your life that you were forced to ask for help?    Did you hesitate before you asked for assistance? Was the help you needed provided?    If you are fortunate enough to have a healthy and vast support system with family and friends who provide unconditional love to you -then you most likely received the assistance you needed.  You would have experienced what I like to call  the lifeblood of good mental health. In the mental health field there is a great need for unconditional positive regard to be provided by not only care providers but by all who surround the client in his/her daily life.  Unfortunately, the diagnosis of an illness in mental health is not always received without judgment by one’s community, friends and oftentimes family. Why does a medical illness like diabetes seem more acceptable than depression or PTSD?  Some of