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Title: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: solo on March 30, 2012, 10:17:02 PM

I'm exhausted!

I just want people to understand that my every day life is such a struggle. Why can't people understand that I don't like leaving the house, why I panic at the thought of socialising, why I struggle to do the housework etc etc. The list is endless!

I can't seem to get my point across. I'm struggling to communicate with the people that I love the most.

 :-[

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: Zaf on March 31, 2012, 06:45:12 AM

Unless someone has suffered from depression they have absolutely and utterly no idea how it affects us :(

Z xx

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: Sweetpea on March 31, 2012, 11:11:56 AM

I agree people that have never suffered from depression find it hard sometimes to understand why we just cannot do the normal things in life.

S x

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: zeemiller on March 31, 2012, 12:39:02 PM

reading books written by other ppl that have suffered depression helps a lot

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: KateG on March 31, 2012, 12:57:41 PM

I think this is why this forum helps so much, because it's hard for our nearest and dearest to understand

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: CharleysAngel' on April 06, 2012, 08:35:12 PM

I know exactly how you feel :( my parents and my friends don't really understand what I am going through. I constantly get told to 'get a grip' or 'shup up moaning' and it makes me feel really hurt.

I agree with kate that this forum is a massive help, I can rant and moan away on here and people understand and sympathise.

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: solo on April 07, 2012, 10:46:01 PM

This forum has definitely been a help for me too. Although I have been feeling a bit withdrawn from everything recently so I haven't posted for a while.

I suppose I am thinking that everyone has down days so they must understand that I have one down day after another after another... I think I am still kidding myself about how ill I am and how much I need to change my way of thinking.

Glad to be back on here. Will look you all up sometime soon.

Love to all xxx

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: Sweetpea on April 08, 2012, 08:27:03 AM

 &*( solo, we are here for you when you need us.

S x

Title: Re: Why can't my friends and family understand me??
Post by: chelliiee on April 09, 2012, 05:35:06 PM

I know the feeling, people who we are close to do not understand how we are feeling unless they have been through it them selves, I find it very frustrating because I don't feel listened to anymore.

I hope this forum will help :) everyone seems nice here