How doe someone live with a mentally ill person?

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My mother is clearly an emotionally unstable person. Not with anger or anything like that. Just with the way she talks, her sense of humor, the way she reacts to things, and even her opinions. How does someone deal with living with someone like this? How do I accept her views that are clearly influenced by her emotional instability? I try to ignore her when she acts strange, but she becomes upset when I do so. It seems there is no way to win.

The only solution might be to sit down with her and tell her. I have hinted that the way she is not mentally healthy, but she becomes angry.

Emotional instability is not necessarily a mental health issue. Besides, it's best to leave such diagnosis' to mental-health professionals, rather than simply assume that her disagreeable behavior is de facto evidence of mental illness.

How do people live with those who have the mental illness AS?

Seriously, that isn't exactly the best way to phrase your concern if you have AS yourself.

It's really strange and rude to outright accuse another of how hard it is to live with them because one as a layperson assumes they have a mental illness if one actually has a diagnosed mental disorder themselves.

You don't say how old you are. If you are stil in school or college, you can go to a counselor or the nurse or any staff member who makes you feel comfortable. Who is the nicest person in the school? Tell him/her what you told us, then back it up with examples.
Whatever your age, there's no point in arguing with her. If you are right, it could get ugly.
What does she do?

In what way is she mentally ill? It's not easy being mentally ill. If you actually have evidence to support your statement, you should help her get the support she needs.

I had a roommate who was bi-polar/schizo affective...At times, he was extremely unstable, but then he would always eventually cycle out of it.

It really depends on the type of mental illness

..I grew up in a household with similar issues, and I ended up giving the folks with the issues a lot of space and kept to myself whenever I could.

My mother was very unstable, delusional, freaked out screaming for hours on a day to day basis, dwelled on the past, accused people of things that clearly have nothing to do with reality. She wasn't someone you could talk to about her self about how she is, or how other people arn't as she say, or else it would make things worse. I don't know but your mother sounds like she could be similar? This might sound mean, but you should describe her more, I want to see if there is anyone else like her.

Anyways I eventually just ignored (in general) her for a few years then left and moved to another state with my grandma. I have not talked to her since, she just isn't someone you want to deal with. If I talked to her on the phone she would not make any sence.

Thats my only advice, if you can't help her, be passive around her, then get the fuct away. Sorry for the language. Complain in a post if you want.

Also with what the other poster said, it may look like you are being rude or hypocritical (ha I am being rude too for not talking to my mom) if you say someone else is mentally ill when you your self are not neurotypical, but, your AS does not even belong in the same category. AS is a neurotype, then a mental illness would come down next in another category if it we laid out in some sort of tree.