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shortandcute · Sep 11, 2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by littlelady1560

I've been dealing with depression for about 6 years now and I sometimes I just cave and try to reach out to my family but then they always act like it's a crime. I've had a lot just handed to me my whole life and in all honesty I have no reason to be depressed, but that doesn't make it any less painful. But sometimes I just need to be told it's okay but they act like I am so stupid for being depressed and don't believe a word I say about it. Could someone really fake it for 7 years? I don't know what's going to help anymore because everything I try to do to make it better is just a failure because I have no support and I feel really alone...

Alot of families do get embarrassed, and some times they see it as a reflection on themselves. My sister was my legal guardian for my last two years of high school, and to this day (about 30 years later) she cannot understand why I'm still having problems. She has convinced herself that I was magically cured by living with her for two years. When I have tried talking to her about my issues, she would roll her eyes, and then spend a good half hour or so trying to concvine me that it simply wasn't true. I think she thinks that it reflects on her, but it doesn't!