Hey short, what a great idea for a thread!

I do not need:

to be told what a strong person I am and "Do you know that?" (No, darnit . . . I'm broken-hearted. Get it? I used up my strength on years of depression and, now, I can't get out of bed. The reserves have all been tapped. They're depleted.)

to be told by my sister that I just "dwell too much" on the down-side of life.

to be told by my same sister that I just need to use my "coping skills."

to be called "sweetie" by people at the place where I get my health care.

to have my neighbor - and erstwhile friend - monitoring whether my blinds get opened in the day time, so she can keep track of when I'm "crazy" - to use her own word for my frequent mental state of dejection.

to be told by same person that "You Have to Believe." (I don't care if it is true.)

to be told that "Everything happens for a reason." (Does anyone, other than me, get nauseated at the repetition of that trite, stupid aphorism . . . or whatever it is?)

police being sent to my door to see if I'm "safe" by one relative who heard from another relative that I had been crying. (The cops have better things to do, and I have absolutely no history of any "attempts.")

police being sent to my door by my sig. other's daughter because I told her I might be too depressed to continue being primary/only caretaker for her father. (Heaven forbid he might land on her doorstep.)

getting an annual expensive gift basket on my birthday from a sister who has no interest whatsoever in phoning me.

being forgotten.