Hi Martek,
It is hard with our families. It is for me, too. They just do not understand and perhaps we have to lower our expectations about them. I just had a conversation with the brother of my mom, and it was frankly disappointing. I just do not have the energy to tell you the whole story but I got zero support from him. I should not be surprised and I do not know why I bothered to call him. He never called when my mom passed away.
Anyway, in some way, we are alone with ourselves. Ultimately, we are on our own with our depression. Others can help and are important, of course, but at the end of the day we are the drivers of this car. That's why is so important to talk with other people that suffer from depression. I feel you guys are the only people can talk about depression with
Hold on in there, Martek