I currently live approximately 3000 miles away from most of my family and friends. It's very hard when I'm depressed or lonely or going through crisis. And the few friends that I do have out here are not close enough for me to be able to trust them with the fact that I'm a total basket-case. Sometimes, it helps in a way though, because as hard as it is for me to pull myself up out of my own private hell, the fact is that I do it. Again and again. And it makes me feel stronger. It's still not easy, and it probably never will be. But I am learning how to be more psychologically self-reliant.
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Originally Posted by Nocter
Each time I read something about an association it's for patients and support their caregiver. Each time I read about therapy and diagnosing I read about asking family members or including them as part of the social treatment to return to society as a normal individual.
I feel sick and sad when I read these things since I don't have family or friends  |