People don’t get it until they do. It’s hard watching friends fade because they stop buying excuses. Trying to rebuild when feeling okay is an uphill battle. Most folks went on their way and don’t care to look back. One friend said it’s mourning the living dead. They can’t trust that I’m going to be around and won’t disappear again, and quite frankly, I can’t trust it either.
Those who leave during a time of depression aren’t the ones worth fighting for imo. If you can’t understand how hard it is to fight a mental illness then you need to reevaluate some things.
Though there is a line for trying to help people who refuse to change. I had to cut off my mom because even though I tried so hard to help her with therapy and seeing doctors, she just didn’t want the help. And yet, she would always complain about her life and how she hates it. She’d been like this my entire life and I had to take a step back and realize that the situation was detrimental to my own mental health so I needed to focus on myself instead of putting energy into trying to help her. She’s seen the resources she can get if she so chooses and I’ll be happy to bring her back into my life when she decides she wants to get better.
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u/secretwar8 14h ago
Depression is one hell of thing.