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Steven’s Story
I had my fist bout of severe depression when I was 16. I wasn’t diagnosed with bi-polar/OCD/Anxiety/ADD until I was 44. Since then I’ve been treated with medications and therapy. When I tell friends or family, they simply don’t believe me. They think I’m being overly dramatic, making things up to “get out of things”. They say things like, “Just cheer up”, “Get over yourself”, “It’s not as bad as you’re making it out to be”, etc. No one wants to hear about it, it’s just too disturbing to them. The thing is, I think some of the people saying these things are themselves suffering from mental illness. The stigma goes deep, with many people just not knowing what to say, or how to handle us.