Explaining your Mental Health- Who gave the worst response?

Totally.

This was hard to choose, since there has been some grim ones. My friends from school didn't say much, well, they didn't say anything actually. And worst of all, some of them started ignoring me and feeling that I was annoying 'cause I was just sitting in a corner (at school) looking like a ghost, no fun anymore. They never once asked me if there was anything they could do, they just sort of let me go. Real classy ;-)

My parents didn't really take it so seriously, well, not my mom anyway. She just said "take your medicine and it'll pass".

But I think the most hurtful thing I've heard was from my twin brother not so long ago. I don't remember what brought this on, but I think we were having a fight. He said to me: "I don't believe you ever had a depression." And I could tell that he meant it, it wasn't just said in anger. I don't know why, but to me that was so hurtful, just thinking about it now it feels like my heart is breaking. Maybe it's because I've been through so much pain and to have someone say that it doesn't exist, that it wasn't all real... I just felt numb. Normally, I'm a quick responder, but I just remember staring at him in disbelief and feeling a lump in my throat. Trying not to cry. That's the worst one.

I found my dad to be really supportive, he researched my disorder and went to a carers support group and told me all these cute sayings. I remember one specifically about a donkey and a carrot idk? He's been there through it and came to visit me in hospital and brought me roses which was lovely. However now he says if I end up in hospital again it's my own fault and that he won't visit me. He says that suicide is selfish and that self harm is attention seeking. My mum is starting to understand but still won't read information i've given her and says she has no time. My mum still thinks i'm lazy, dramatic, attention seeking and that my impulsivity and disorder is part of me being a saggitarius as she has similar traits to me eg. money. My friends are a whole different story, i've lost a lot of friends and boyfriends from my mental health but also realised who my true friends are.

The worst I have has came from one particular psychiatrist after my transfer of care from university back to home.

When I said about my eating disorder he asked "did you used to be fat?" when I used to be a healthy weight. He also said that I wasn't "anorexic enough" to require any treatment, aka, I wasn't thin enough. In the same appointment, when I plucked up the courage to admit I was seeing things no one else was he said "are you sure your not daydreaming?"

This is by far the worst response I have ever had and it was by someone considered to be a professional. I'm thinking I might raise an official complaint about him.

I've chosen parents/careers, although it's closely followed by health care professionals. My mum refuses to acknowledge that there's a problem and has now decided that I'm fine again. Makes me sad because that aside we are very close. Previous GP told me that I'm not going to go anywhere in life and may as well drop out of university. Who's in their final year now?

My friends have been amazing, from simple things like texting me to remind me they love me, to sitting in hospital with me for hours.

Hi all. I kept everything locked inside for so long because I was scared of how work and family would react to just how bad I was. I would lie and ignore people rather than tell them how I was feeling. It all came to a head recently and I literally gave up. Work were so supportive and made sure I am on full pay. They urged me to use our private health care and reassured me that thins have moved on in my company in terms of stigma etc. this gave me so much space. My family have been wonderful too. My friends try but I rarely hear from anyone now. I think they are expecting an overnight cure. I am beginning to realise this is part of who I am and it may always be.