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Originally Posted by TeaFruit
Why would someone even a family member sister in my experience..mock your mental health or you getting help with therapy?
Also why would they say my mum and sister only see negative side of me not improving. But my partner says I have improved and see the positive of it.
Last question how come my mum or sister don't want to know about my mental health or refuse to believe I experience what I'm diagnosed with?
I'm trying to understand why they are like this. Because it really hurts me.
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I'm so sorry you are experiencing this. It's horrible to have your mental illness mocked or be told it's not that big a deal or that it's not a real illness or that it shouldn't/doesn't affect you. NO ONE should have to deal with this. MI is as real and as detrimental as any physical illness, and most MIs are actually related to things happening in our brains (meaning they actually are somewhat out of our control) and DO have PHYSICAL symptoms.
I don't know your family so I don't know that their ignorance is malicious or if it's just plain ignorance. Most people, if they haven't experienced an MI, don't really have a reference to understand what it's like. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be able to empathize. There are many illnesses I've never had that I'm able to empathize with others about.
It's really abusive, honestly, for family members to deny your experience OR to deny what your therapist has said is true - that you have a mental health condition. But honestly, all of us have to deal with this at some point or another, and my only advice is to keep them at arm's length and not discuss it with them. Keep your boundaries and don't let them expect you to do anything you are unable to because of your illness.
hugs to you, seesaw