@A MyDepressionTeam Member exactly! We aren't allowed a normal tired/run down/fed up/posed if day if we have mental health issues. It's always got to be th ed illness! !!

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I often get asked if I have taken my medication or if I am feeling manic or depressed whenever anything goes wrong or I have a bad day. I think other people in my life blame my illness for a lot of things when in reality I am allowed bad days, an occasional bad attitude, or making a bad choice. I am human and it isn't all about my illness like some think. It is frustrating!

Years ago my parents told me to pull myself together, they certainly loved me, but Depression, tho' ithere have been sufferers before the Old Testament, it seems that many people are intolerant with it, I guess fear is a part of it, I'm talking about kind intelligent people, it used to upset me a lot xc

Yes unfortunately. I found that family was the worst for it too. It's very hard. I simply explain that I'm still me and just because I have an illness that can't be seen doesn't take away from the wonderful things about me. Sometimes you have too look for approval from yourself than what others say won't matter as much. That being said it's easier said than done.

Yes, those people try to blame because they don't understand it, no more than what we do. It's the I know it was you, knowing full well that we live in a confused state. When that happens to me I just think to myself, you can't support me too well, so therefore I can't talk to you.
We're on this journey alone when people don't understand, sadly we get used to that feeling very early on.
Or they're not prepared to understand us, through ignorance, to be honest, I think that they can't handle seeing us struggle due to being someone they care about.