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Originally Posted by hezaa82
I have a couple of people in my life who tease me and berate me when I get depressed. Has anyone else experienced this?
I have a bad habit of writing depressed status updates on facebook, just when I'm feeling really desperate and usually because I have some alcohol in me that's impairing my judgment. I think these two have some issues of their own - insecurity, wanting to feel superior to others, wanting to avoid looking at their own issues. I've tried in the past to explain to them rationally that sometimes I can't help feeling that way and that it's harmful to tell someone that they're wrong for being depressed. But it always ended in more anger and ridicule from them. Now I just ignore it but it still bothers me to an extent.
I suppose I could remove them from my facebook, but I guess there's a part of me that's so desperate for attention that I'll take even negative attention. I've got to work on regulating my emotions better too I guess.
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Hey, you should not look at negative attention. That's the last thing you want to do. You should spend more time here-it's like Facebook, but with the benefit of positive support and nice nonjudgmental people. Give it a try. You'll THSNK yourself for it.