So this question has bothered me since i woke up, But the friends i thought i had pushed away and me had a discussion last night about what i said the night before, and while i thought i had pushed them away, they said the conversation had simply ended they didn't hate me, and my head had misread the situation and that they didn't hate me, i still feel horribly alone because i cant get the thought of "there just saying that" out my head, even though they messaged me first asking if i was ok? i had been real silent and they were worried. (normally ok me is messaging someone constantly until im asleep)

But that got me thinking, Why do people treat their and others mental health sometimes as less than physical?

Like, my friends told me that if i ever feel as bad as i did on friday to tell them, if i need to talk tell them, if my head wont let me have silence then to let them know and they will try to distract me as best they can, and to above all not do this alone. But, i still cant talk about it? I think ive said a tonne to them about it, but according to them i have ony given them a tiny bite size piece of what is going on in my head, but i dont feel they need to know?

If i had a broken leg (and when i have had physical injury's in the past) i would message them every few minutes just saying things like "my leg really hurts." "i cant walk" "this sucks guys, my legs causing me serious issue"

Yet with mental i dont feel its easy like that of a physical injury to go up to your friends or family etc and say "my head is making me suicidal again" "i cant cope with the voices right now, they wont shut up".

Is it the stigma in society that mental is less than physical? that because we cant see it even sometimes the people who have mental illnesses write them off? because there isn't a cast to sign, a wound to patch up, a crutch to walk on?