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Originally Posted by yellow_fleurs
I think this can be the accidental message that comes off when someone says you seem okay and you're not. My therapist commented on how I seem to be doing decently because I always show up to therapy, am presentable, etc. I know she meant it in a positive way, but just because I've learned to function despite the storm inside my head doesn't mean the storm isn't there. I have also had a friend keep telling me how good I seemed, even when I kept trying to tell her how much I was struggling, and it was like she couldn't reconcile that I could feel bad but look good.
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I am lucky in a way that regardless of how I feel I pull myself together for T so at first he said he watched me closely because what I was saying didn’t appear to match up. In depression he could see it on my eyes , that full empty dull look. But over time I have very different body languages in certain states of mind ... so as I sit there fresh out of the shower dressed appropriately and Hair in good shape etc.. and I can be sitting there and be super unwell and suicidal. I’m glad my T Pdoc and GP can understand me
Yes people can certainly think we are okay when we just aren’t.