Posted by Glenn Fagelson on August 6, 2001, at 14:44:42
In reply to Re: Losing friends because of sharing too much » Glenn Fagelson, posted by Kingfish on August 6, 2001, at 9:34:21
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> >
> > Hi Kingfish,
> >
> > My therapist said last week that I should
> > try to be more cautious when telling a new
> > friend that I suffer from clinical depress-
> > ion. And yes, I do feel more comfortable
> > telling an old friend that I have depression
> > rather than a new one.
> >
> > Glenn
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> So, Glenn, actually the opposite. Do the old friends feel "betrayed" at all that you "hid" it from them? Or did they sense that something was wrong all along? I've found that my "deeper" friends (sorry for all of the "") understood but that my friends who were aren't that self-aware, just couldn't fathom it, and would argue with me about it. Almost as if I were making it up...Dear Kingfish,
Most of my friends knew early on that I
suffered from depression; they could just tell.
I was just saying to you hypothetically that I
think it would be easier for me to tell my old
friends rather than new ones.Just recently, however, I did tell a new
friend and like you, he tossed it off; he felt
that we create our own illnesses and that we
can just cure them with faith in God and faith in
ourselves. Needless to say, I felt unsupported
and will not bring up the subject again with
him.Glenn
poster:Glenn Fagelson
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