Struggling with the truth

R_C
Community Member
It's my first post, and I'm not sure if there's anything wrong with me so I might just be wasting your time. But anyway I've been going through the HSC and I've been feeling really down, the only time I'm really happy at all now is when I'm with my dog. Two of my close friends have been depressed and one recently hurt themself and is in the hospital. They are so much worse than I am so I feel like I'm a wimp or useless because I can't survive my easy life. As the title says I've been struggling with telling anyone about it, or even showing that I'm upset. I haven't told anyone or sought help up until this point because I thought I was just being selfish. I've become good at presenting a facade but my biggest fear it to be a disappointment to my family. Both my parents are really talented and so is my elder sister, but I'm not as good as them. I don't cry which is also why I thought I wasn't really depressed. Even talking about this now makes me feel like I'm wasting time. I guess I was just hoping for someone to help me communicate with my family about how I feel, and whether or not I should seek professional help.
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demonblaster
Blue Voices Member

Hey Peeps 🙂

You're welcome Blue 🙂 That's good it worked out too (Bluegrass)

RC thankyou, great to hear it was helpful do appreciate hearing that 🙂

Good you've got a great family, so from here I suggest you do talk to them about the expectations, they may not realise they're putting pressure on you and could be that they see your potential & are trying to get you reaching goals. Maybe other reasons but them being a good mob would make it easier to approach it all and them loving you they'll want you to be happy & I'd imagine be pleased that you're talking to them.
Writing can be a good way to express, cause no interruptions, convos can go all directions, be there when they read it to talk from there maybe.

About the crying, you dear thing you don't want to upset people but your hurting & need their support and love that you have from them so you have a very good starting block. Tell them everything including you don't want to disappoint them. Often things are totally different to what we think they'll be like in a positive way too.
Hun what about going somewhere private & let the tears roll, this stress needs an out and that's one big way.

I know you said you feel your probs are less than your friends but have you talked to them about how you feel which I think not cause of the good facade, they'd have empathy because they're going through downs as well could be another good outlet too. You can all support eachother.

Let us know how your friend in hospitals going

Are you getting much sleep, sorry had a quicky look back but didn't see

Keep posting darl, we wanna help you through this ok 🙂

Nigh night all hope yous sleep ok. btw RC how are you going with sleep, not great I'd imagine