Always do this.

I'm forever telling people I'm ok when deep down, I'm dying inside. I'm mostly like this with my nan. I always act like I'm ok around her when in reality, I'm far from ok. I'm like this because I don't want to worry her. I always used to worry her with my mental health and now she thinks I'm stable and that's how I like it. I hate worrying her and other people. I tell other people I'm ok because otherwise I'm worried they'll brand me as an attention seeker. I opened up to two cousins of mine and they fell out with me calling me an attention seeker and that no one cares about my problems so I've stopped opening up and simply say I'm ok when people ask me. Saves hassle then.

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grayhalo · 41-45, M

Been there. I'm still there a lot. I don't have a lot of people I trust with my mind's goings on. More often than not Different people only gets different bits. Basically I'll only tel people what I think they can handle/what I trust them enough to handle.

PrivateHell · M

Same here. I was always taught that I should handle my own problems and not burden others.

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bijouxbroussard · F

I understand this. I truly don’t want to burden my elderly parents. But I also grew up believing that I needed to be strong and self-sufficient to be respected. I can’t lean on anyone else.

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