I tried to talk to my best friend about my SI and depression. To have a rational conversation about it. Because she asked me how I was doing and I decided to tell her the truth. After I was done explaining how much I ache basically all the time, how alot of the time I have trouble seeing the point to living, and how I have begun self injuring allmost every day she decided to tell me, to my face, that she didnt think that depression was actually a real thing. That she believes that if I wanted to be happy I could be. And that she thinks that I am just acting depressed and engaging in SI because I am overly dramatic, I want attention, and I need to get over myself. I have told four people total about my problems. She was the second person that I confided in. I don’t know what to do anymore.
Wow. Sometimes it’s hard to believe what people can say about these things, but you really can’t give up. There are people that will try and help, and those are the people that understand. Your friend obviously does not have any respect for what you’re going through and I know how hard that can be.
If you want a real friend who supports you, my email is h_grueninger08@yahoo.com.
Don’t give up hope! There is always going to be people that don’t have faith in you.
i know exactly how you feel. everyone assumes SI is a phase, or just for attention, and those sorts of attitudes really just make everything worse. its not your fault, adn you need to find people who support you and love you and help you. youre friend is just too caught up in herself to be there for you, and im sorry, it sucks. and my email is emmadixon12@gmail.com…so if you ever need to talk im there. you can do this. life is worth living (so they say)
I totally understand. my friends always crack “Emo” jokes around me and i have to act like i dont care. one of my friends who is clinically depressed told me that after i took a ‘depression test’ and scored extremely high that it was “all going to my head.” It really hurt me because i thought she might understand. That is why i joined this, because i wanted help from people who did understand and maybe i could help some people too. if you wanna talk (this may seem repetitive and not creative, but anyway) heres my e-mail ems365@gmail.com. talk to me anytime! good luck!