Posted by AMenz on August 9, 2001, at 23:56:39
In reply to Re: Losing friends because of sharing too much » AMenz, posted by Kingfish on August 3, 2001, at 7:44:02
I mean that when there are symptoms, a lot of them, it generally tires the normal if you share them to often. They don't have these experiences and I think they feel depressed or disinterested.
What's best for me is just to deal with the normal stuff with the normal. However, then I need a lot of space, because when I feel lousy I can't keep up the mask of normality.
However, I don't get rejected now as much as I used to when I wanted these people to get to know the entire me, including symptoms.
So K., to sum up, you may be right that people have a hard time accepting your symptoms. I think the options are to share them with professionals, family and those very special friends, and otherwise have your social facade up.
I don't think I've done such a great job of explaining myself, but believe me you are not alone in this situation. Mental illness really wreaks havoc with social situations. After all we all want to be accepted warts and all, but it seems that showing the warts too often leads to problems.
A.
> > I need a great deal of space in friendships - is that what you mean?
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> - K.
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