Do Your Family, Friends Understand Your Mental Illness?!
Question: For me, none of them understands. they just hold it against me.
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Mental Illness is a very misunderstood condition. Often the person suffering the condition has trouble understanding it, how can you expect people who have never experienced it to understand.
Mental Illness is about chemical imbalances in the brain. You cannot control the imbalance by 'positive thinking' or by behavioural modification. You generally need drug intervention to get you sorted out. The drugs are the equivelent of putting a broken leg in plaster.
There is stigma attached to being mentally ill. But don't worry about it. Take your medications and find a support group in your local area. You will find it easier to cope with if you find one friend who understands.
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i dont think they aware of mine. they treat me pretty ok.
no,u r not alone.my husband does not understand mine.makes u feel like **** doesent it.i am sorry u r going through this.
Not really. Some people don't believe me when I tell them I'm depressed. I have come a long way tho.. but I really just try not to talk about it. my dad on the other hand.
Be more open to them. You are not ill. Maybe there is something you hold against yourself.
They understand with their mind, but not with their heart as they do not experience it. This is always going to be what separates having the mental illness from empathizing with it. I had to write out a list of things that they would have to accept about me whether they approved or not and a list of things that I knew were inappropriate on my part and that I knew I could do something about. We got throug the worst of it until medications could offer me the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes something still comes up and takes us all off guard, but usually a counseling session clears it right up.
they dont know and i plan on keeping it that way.
my husband uses it against me, and my parents look the other way and think i am just making it up. no support from anyone and it makes you more depressed.
No. They still ***** at me for being the way I am (I *do* need to hange), but give me no support in changing.
no. no one will ever understand you..just you. :)
I'm afraid I have anxiety disorder . . . I don't know if that counts as a mental illness, but if it does, they definitely don't understand. My parents just laugh it off and tell me my phobias are silly . . . I mean, I know they are, but that doesn't stop me from having panic attacks! I don't know what to do. I'm a teenage girl. If anyone has any advice for me I'd really appreciate it . . . lol
Hell no mine doesn't, they are part of the problem, a kiniving brother who is a selfish business partner that everyone feels sorry for, I get away from his mismanaging and blowing on mom and dad and Grandma's money I'll be fine. No one understands a mental problem someone faces in life.
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