Posted by utopizen on October 31, 2004, at 9:16:24
In reply to Re: college is horrible...., posted by Peddidle on October 30, 2004, at 17:52:30
You may not have had OCD, but it's possible you have obsessive thoughts. It took me awhile to realize I had obsessive thoughts.
And depression makes you feel down. Don't be afraid to accept the possibility that your mood is poor, and this is possibly depression. It happens to 1 out of 5 people in their lifetimes, so who's to say you're immune? =P
It took me a year to admit to myself I had depression. That's too long to wait.
OCD and depression are treated the same way, so it doesn't matter what your diagnosis was anyway.
You should ask your doc if you can have your parents meet with him during one of your appointments. My p-doc asked me this, and it helped a lot. He let them realize the seriousness of mental illness, and that it can lead to suicide, and there's no cures, and explained why it was that I kept changing my meds all the time. My parents were acting like I was seeing him as a convenient drug dealer or something, it's ridiculious.
And tell your parents you probably should go elsewhere during the holidays, because you don't feel supported by them. I'm finally going to do that, first time in 21 years. Not a single time have I ever stayed at home did my parents or siblings constantly give me insults, about my grades or my meds.
I'm letting them realize it's not acceptable, and if they can't accept my problems, they can't accept me. Sometimes spending some time apart from your family lets them realize it's not worth it for them to make you feel so bad. If they have a problem with you leaving, they should have thought of that before they tried giving you a guilt trip for having to cope with a mental illness.
Don't ever surround yourself with negative people-- if your family wants you around, they'll change-- but don't think this will happen unless they either speak with your doc or you let them know you can't let them do this to you. I don't think they'll keep it up for decades- they'll realize what they did is wrong, and stop doing it.
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