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Originally Posted by BlueOak
Well, yeah, if you don't tell family and friends about your condition, then the only people who will care about what's really going on with you -- IRL anyway -- will be people who are getting paid! Who else is there besides family and friends?
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Well, part of it is that on some sick level I want people to see that I am depressed, and ask if they can help. Not go to them and ask them. Because then they will feel obligated, and bad for me.
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Originally Posted by BlueOak
I'm not completely convinced that the reason you haven't told family and friends is that it would "make them feel bad." (I'm also not sure what kind of "bad" you mean -- bad as in feeling guilty because they feel responsible, which might make sense for your parents, or bad as in bad for you, that is, they would pity you, which might be true for family or friends?) In any case, you don't really know how they would respond. I suspect you are also motivated by the fear that they might feel that you are WEAK if you admit your depression to them. They might. They also might surprise you by being more supportive than you give them credit for.
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I feel like with my friends, I have constant fear of losing them anyway. So if I present any more issues to them. They won't want to deal with it. My mother I think would feel bad, because she would think it was her fault, while my father doesn't believe depression exists.
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Originally Posted by BlueOak
Just curious: what are your thoughts on medication?
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I don't really know. Haven't tried many.