I wonder why is this still happening
Why do we hide the fact that we are depressed ? If it is an illness that affects every aspect of our lives why is it considered taboo to acknowledge it in public ?
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Northwest · M
I don't know if it's a taboo. It's also about the group you decide to share with.
If they're not caring enough, or vested in your life (friends, family, concerned colleagues, etc.), that may simply not care enough to be listening to depressing stories.
You also don't want to be invested in these groups, because, well, it's depressing.
When I feel a bout of depression coming, I reach for my true support network.
I wouldn't unload on some new barista :-)
If they're not caring enough, or vested in your life (friends, family, concerned colleagues, etc.), that may simply not care enough to be listening to depressing stories.
You also don't want to be invested in these groups, because, well, it's depressing.
When I feel a bout of depression coming, I reach for my true support network.
I wouldn't unload on some new barista :-)
@Northwest Problem is that in most cases friends or family members don´t know how to deal with it and instead challenge you to get better as if it were on purpose or dismiss it as something minor ,not ever close to a physical illness. That´s where the problem is for most sufferers and that´s where they prefer isolation or to deal with it in private as if in shame, with very sad consequences as we all know.
Northwest · M
@Underconstruction Usually family wants you to get better, like today. I did not mean that your go to group should be your family, but you should have your own go to group, and only you know who that person or people are. Everyone else if going to create more anxiety that you don't need.