I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder at fourteen and then depression at fifteen. When I first told my friends they were very supportive but when things got worse…things changed.
I was excluded, a lot. No one wanted to trigger me into another suicide attempt but they also didn’t want to be around me. I felt so incredibly alone, getting so overwhelmed and low over a tiny thing like someone not replying to me was completely abnormal.
I tried to tell my ‘friends’ how I felt through jokes which they did not take well. They didn’t understand that it could be used as a coping mechanism which only made me feel more alone.
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