As the title states I have ran out of excuses for family gatherings. My husband's family just think that I am an odd *****. What can I do. They don't know that I have depression or crippling anxiety and I dont want to tell them. I remember talking to my mother in law a long time ago about a friend of hers that had depression. She told me that her friend had stopped going out, and I said "maybe her depression is quite debilitating". Well, she just shrugged her shoulder's and said, "I had depression but I had to get on with it". So I know that is the answer that I would get. Just thinking about a gathering is making me sick. These are my family and I shouldn't feel like this. Any words of wisdom. I take klonopin as needed but it makes me sleepy ( not that I can sleep) maybe dopey is the word I am looking for. How do you all handle social situations. How do you cope.??