Posted by Dinah on January 2, 2002, at 18:48:18
In reply to I act too normal., posted by mist on January 2, 2002, at 2:29:13
I've been on both sides of this particular fence. I often complain now that no one would know that things are as bad as they are from time to time, but then I remember. When I was an adolescent, I was suicidally depressed and I showed it. There was no more understanding then than there is now. There was just a heck of a lot more anger directed towards me. I finally figured out that people don't really care how you feel, they care how you act. I learned how to put on a good face and learn coping tricks to hide some obsessive phobias I had. Everyone was so relieved. I would still tell them that I felt bad, but since I behaved well, they didn't really believe me. But they also weren't as angry with me as they were when I behaved like I felt.
So overall, be glad you can pass for normal. In the final analysis it saves you a lot of trouble, and most people wouldn't understand anyway.
poster:Dinah
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