I hate this too.

I just had an intense conversation with a friend who has no chronic MI but at one time had a bad situational depression with SI. He was talking about it. Told him about my diagnosis. I was looking for someone to say, I get it. I know what it’s like when your mind betrays you. I’ve been there. All I got from him was, “I’m sorry I don’t see that. You’re totally normal. You just need to calm down.”

My brother says it’s a compliment because it means I present well. I was disappointed that the one friend I know who might get it, doesn’t.

Having a hard time accepting that the only people I ever talk to in person who get it are the ones I pay to talk to me.