I can really relate to this thread! I think that in my depression I tend to assume that people don't like me, are annoyed by me, offended by me, etc.... I had been feeling some weirdness between me and my best friends lately, and thought they had been seeming a bit distant. I summoned some courage the other day and asked them about it. They said that they had just been busy, and that they hadn't had the time or energy to "reach out" to me... and that they were feeling guilty about this. Although I can understand being busy, I felt like total crap when I heard their response. The people closest to me in the world view me as someone that they feel an obligation to "reach out to." Maybe I'm interpreting that in an unhelpful way, but I really feel about an inch tall after that.

garden gal