I didn't share cos I don't have a lot of experience with this - I never really speak about my mental health to anyone but my doctors and cousnellors and I've been lucky to have mostly good ones.
but, whether it be disability, addiction, mental health or something else, its my experience that unless someones walked in your shoes they really have no idea of what you're facing.
That includes friends and family - and goes double for counsellors social workers and anyone else 'professionally' who you'd expect empathy and compassion from.
Often it's just not there.
I've learned to build and use my own support network full of people who 'get it' and get me.
They don't need to agree with every thought I have (in fact it's good that some of my thoughts be challenged) but they need to understand where those thoughts are coming from.
It's no flaw in you PTF
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