Posted by deniseuk190466 on April 26, 2007, at 13:23:55
In reply to Family in denial of depression, posted by JerryPharmStudent on April 26, 2007, at 8:26:09
It must be awful for you that your own family cannot sympathise with you.
I'm lucky that the people closest to me really do try and understand. My boyfriend gets frustrated and angry though although he still concedes that it isn't my fault.
My ex boyfriend (still a friend) is wonderful, he articulates how I feel better than I do.
My mum has been wonderful although sometimes we do argue about it. She'll moan because she says I never have any hope and she'll try and come up with reasons for why I'm depressed. Like I just need a purpose in life then I argue back saying well I know plenty of people who don't have a purpose in life but are not depressed.
I don't know what you can do to persuade your brothers. I just wish I had a depression stimulator which I could use on people like that, give them depression, apathy, anxiety, total lack of desire or will for at least a year and then see what they have to say about it.
Denise
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