Originally Posted by whiteturtle

I did, but he's an engineer... He doesn't understand the way that I think compared to the way he does, and why I can't just do things like he does. Which is silly, because he had horrible anxiety in college that very nearly prevented him from graduating. And my depression is taking off with wondering how little he thinks of me, he probably thinks I'm lazy, I feel useless to everyone, etc.

I'm just not used to getting through something like this mentally and otherwise. I am used to just drinking more so that it wouldn't seem so urgent and bad.