It's strange to me that despite having a severe mental illness that there's other MI people that throw me off. As if we haven't been through enough, in my case at least, I'm pushed away by some things (the strangeness/scariness). I think I'm afraid to accept some things. But we have to move towards everyone as best we can. Try an attempt to understand them, and where they're coming from, and help them find peace through action. If it's befriending someone you're not sure of, and giving them a call. If it's listening when they seem to be a bit off the deep end. Whatever it is we need to move toward these people, because I doubt many our moving towards them.