Posted by fuzzymind on December 13, 2002, at 1:53:53
In reply to helping to get family to understand BP2--help!, posted by vagen on December 12, 2002, at 14:23:37
> They just don't get it at all.
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> No emot. support.
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> any ideas?My parents still won't admit I was suiciadl and extremely depressed in High School. I guess that suicide attempt and my telling them I wish I were dead didn't clue them in. I graduated from high school 15 years ago. 1997, I found out that my condiiton had a name to it, social anxiety disorder, avoidant personality disorder, and dependent personality disorder. BUt my parents don't beleive I have taht either. If only my parents had intervned when I was a teenager, my life would be different. SOrry your parents don't see things your wy..I have tried in vain to get them acknowledge my condition. I have been living alone without a job and frineds and every time I talk to them I threaten suicde, but they still think I am just a little shy and lazy. Sheesh. THe only way to convince them I am for real is to actually kill myself, which I had been planning for Easter. I am so scared and so lonely and so desperate. I am so addicted to avoidance.
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