How often have you told yourself, "Nobody cares"? The following article discusses the many possible meanings of that phrase. The author does the cognitive distortion thing and challenges the statements. She ends the article asking readers what each means when stating "Nobody cares."

The declaration that nobody cares often has perplexed me. I know people care. While I think it is often difficult for others to understand my depression, most often I cannot say the misunderstanding is purposeful. The most distressing part of trying to understand what I mean when I think nobody cares is my role.

Being told I have a treatment resistant illness because of my personality has been hard to accept. I have concluded the professionals believe I have, whether intentionally or not, failed to listen to them with an open mind. In essence, the many years I tried to help myself adulterated my perception of what I was hearing to such an extent it made no sense to me.

My reason for thinking nobody cares is a fallacy, as I have already suggested. That others do care thus far has not been enough to convince me I am worthy of a better life.

http://www.healthcentral.com/depress...l-cares?ap=825

I often go back to this article too: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dep...atment/MY00751