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Does Anyone Else Believe They Wear Their Depression? Feel As If They Are A Marked Target For Bullying?
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It seems as if people see I'm weak and set out to bully me. Family or strangers; in-person or online.

posted January 20
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A MyDepressionTeam Member

Yes...people understand a broken arm..they do not understand a broken mind

posted January 21
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Yeah sometimes you have to separate yourself from people that try to bring you down. And believe in yourself no matter what, don’t let what bullies say define who you are. I used to get bullied by my older sister for not being as smart as her. That led me to believe I’ll never be smart, and set me up for failure later on, I started sabotaging my life and my relationships thinking I wasn’t good enough. And then my parents would always tell me to go to my sister for advice for putting my life back together, because they agree she’s so much smarter than me. So yeah, it becomes a cycle, one problem begets another until you break the cycle. Thanks for asking this question, helped me hash out my own rage 😅. I complain a lot.

posted January 20
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Those are the people to be deleted. Your people will never bully you. Never. 🤗

posted January 20 (edited)
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Seems consistent with the labeling theory

posted January 20
A MyDepressionTeam Member

My brother once said those same things to me. Common insensitive responses?

posted January 28

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