My boyfriend doesn’t understand my depression and social anxiety. Â He thinks its a phase and that I will grow out of it. Â My depression gets worse everyday and I want him to realise the seriousness of this before it is too late. Â What should I do?
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Tell him what’s up.
Let him read this, and other stories.
I have tried writing him letters and sitting down and talking to him but I think that he thinks I am attention seeking. I don’t work at the moment because of my health. I got fired from my last job because of it. But he thinks I need to get over it and still find a job. I look for jobs and just get rejection back. That doesn’t help.
@Ablackrose: I know the fear of abandonment. When I was 15 my parents hospitalized me, and every single one of my friends disappeared. No one replied to any of my Facebook posts while I was in the hospital, and when I got out no one wanted to be around me. When I started college I kept everything locked up inside–exactly what the therapists tell you not to do–because I know how people respond to depression. And the one boy I ever dated, when he found out–he’d already told me he was depressed–he turned into a monster.
Nope, other than this anonymous board I’ll never ever again open up about my depression, unless you count the ineffectual shrinks I have to see.