Honey, you're definitely NOT a fake! Just because your problems aren't as bad as some peoples does NOT mean you don't matter!!! Good grief, they are YOUR problems, and they HURT. Don't EVER minimize your problems, because they do hurt you and they matter! You can't compare them to anyone else's -- no one knows whose pain hurts worse. We think our pain hurts the worst. And isn't that all that matters at the moment?

And i think sometimes we wish we had worse problems because we want and NEED more attention! We just don't get the attention we need. It sometimes feels like we're pushed aside, or that our doctors & therapist are minimizing our problems, and making them seem "'less than' they really are. When we're depressed we WANT attention. We WANT to be listened to. And most of us don't have anyone to talk to -- not anyone who will REALLY listen. Right? So we figure that if we had worse problems, we'd get more attention. I've felt like that before. But then i thought about it and was grateful I really didn't have worse problems than I had.

I hope you're feeling better. Take care of yourself, okay? You sound like you're doing pretty good actually. God bless & please take care. Hugs, Lee