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Re: Why do you not tell others about your mental health? -
March 11th 2023, 07:01 PM
I have a few friends who know the extent of my mental illness. There's one that knows basically everything, one that knows a lot but not all of it, and then there are a few that know I am mentally ill but don't know the full extent of how it impacts me.
My parents knew about my self harm growing up and knew that I've been in therapy, but they never really took my mental health seriously until my suicide attempt. My dad would then take me to my PHP appointments, and after I ended up in the hospital a second time after a wellness check from my therapist he'd take me to my DBT appointments. He'd also check in on me to make sure I didn't need anything and was okay, but I don't talk to him or the rest of my family about it. The damage was already done growing up when they would yell at me, ground me, and say I was doing things for attention. They would yell at my therapists when they suggested I felt suicidal, needed medication, or needed a higher level of care. This limited how much I could really tell my therapists because if they thought I was a danger to myself or others they'd have to report it to my parents, but I was still pretty honest with my therapists.
Now I'm just worried about how it will impact my future such as with jobs and things like that. I've been in the hospital twice as an adult but thankfully my job was flexible and gave me the time off. Most other jobs won't be like that and I am afraid of getting fired. But I can't tell if my second hospitalization will be my last or not.
Do you ever get a little bit tired of life
Like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die
Like you're hanging by a thread but you gotta survive
'Cause you gotta survive
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