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Originally Posted by bioChE
My family doesn't respond well to hopeless comments either. I think I spend so much time and energy masking symptoms that the normal me they see is a very different normal me that is in my head. I always try to be positive. When I do let the errant hopeless comment slip, it's often met with denial or shrugged off.
Not trying to complain, just empathizing with your situation.
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It's tough to always be positive if/when we are going through months of a truly grueling depression. We must mask it for those closest to us, too, it seems.
I can see both points of view -- tired of masking on the one hand and family being scared/discouraged if we don't.
WC