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Can Anyone Please Tell Me
| Tue, 02-08-2005 - 12:07pm |
Hi. I haven't been on here in almost 1yr but... can anyone please tell me why no one believes I'm depressed? My husband calls me a "drama queen", my parents & brothers won't talk to me, my grandmother tells me, "I hope you get your sense back". I'm not having much luck finding help, went to 1 counselor recently, she told me to get financial help 1st, then she'd see me. I applied for a "medical card" but was told I have to have a certain amt. of bills to qualify in a certain amt of time, so didn't get medical card & counselor wouldn't see me (even though she was free?). I don't go out of house for weeks at a time, not even to mailbox. I stay in my bedroom all of the time. One time came out to living room & didn't even recognize my own knick-knacks. Can someone please talk to me? I would greatly appreciate it. Things are getting very scary. Thank you. Patti

Welcome back (((((((((((((Patty))))))))))
I don't know where you live, somehow I am thinking it isn't in the US, so am not sure how to help you figure out what to do.
I think sometimes people don't want to accept the reality of a mental illness because it frightens them. There's a lot of stigma carried by that phrase, and most of it entirely undeserved. One thing you can do is try to inform the people around you about depression - you might try the fact sheets at www.nmha.org .
Good luck!