Hi, welcome
What you are experiencing is what I call a dilemma. If you be your true self (with a possible mental illness that effects behaviour) you could be rejected by other people that find you abnormal. Try not to be yourself and wear a mask to hide your true self and you end up saddened, even depressed that you are not accepted.
Neither of these situation is sustainable in the long term. So what is the answer?
I have bipolar and my mania and depression both symptoms of my illness has resulted in losing friends but many less than had I not been on medication and many less had I not had therapy.
Im suggesting your first step is a visit to your GP to discuss this and seek guidance. Please don’t be overwhelmed about this because there is other self help methods to achieve, they are-
- Finding more friends. The more people you meet the more chance of finding compatible people to enjoy life with and passing up the ones not accepting of you
- Stand up for yourself. When you do this you equalise the ground rules. Let others walk over you and most will,sadly. Stick up for you being you and point out to critics that you are not a sheep, you are an individual.
- Learn to like yourself. Put in search bar “do you like yourself? Your thought are welcome” post there your issues and join us there.
- rid toxic people from your life. Put in the search bar “fortress of survival”
TonyWK
