Posted by Pfinstegg on January 26, 2003, at 13:20:11
In reply to People who focus on your mental ilness, posted by bookgurl99 on January 26, 2003, at 3:20:47
Yes, the same thing has happened to me. Wanting to be honest with my two closest friends, and also maybe to help destigmatize mental illness, I told them both about the severity of the depression I had last year. But I am a bit sorry that I did that now, as that seems to be what they think about first when we talk on the phone or meet. I'm completely over the depression at present, and get irritated that that's what they seem to think of first. I've told them how important it is to me that they think of me as a person first, whom they've known for a long time, and if they want to think about the depression I had- to think of it as a successfully treated one. Still, it's very annoying!
Pfinstegg
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