Does Your Family Know You Have Depression/anxiety?

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About 4 years ago my parents found out I was harming myself and rather than help me they told me I did it for attention and then said if I did it again they would reveal it to my entire family (grandparents, aunts, uncles) They recognize I'm struggling, often times my mom will say "i think you're depressed" as if i didnt know that myself. It also hurts because my mother and sister receive help for their issues which aren't as sever as mine. I really just feel like I'm not worth helping. It's as if they rub it in my face that they're getting help but if I try to ask for help myself then I'm brushed off like I don't matter.

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I wish they knew, but then they would just feel sorry for me or just give up on trying to help. I tried to talk about it a few times, but it’s like they’re in denial. So I told them I was fine and now I keep it to myself. Been like that for years now. It’s hard, but it’s just something I have to deal with. Hopefully my daughter won’t feel the same.

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My family knows but doesn’t care. They’d much rather judge me & tell me it’s my fault rather than believe anything they could have done caused this. Nothing is their fault as far as they’re concerned.

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kinda, I can talk about some things but as I've gotten older my mother has been more dismissive about it. I guess she has her own things goin on so I don't even mention my bad days really. My Aunt has depression so we can talk about it, but she puts the Christian spin on everything and it's annoying. My SO is comforting when I'm with him, but if I'm at home he's text are so not helpful "hang in there babe" - and my depressed mind goes like hang myself? Ohk yeaa!🙃 so terrible smfh.

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I went down this self hating spiral and I got back up from it (it took 3 years) but because I wrote all my feelings in an app/ book. One day I sent it to my mum and she took me to the doctor where I was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder

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They know that I’m having “emotions” and my mom has anxiety too and she takes meds for it and I go to therapy but they don’t know how I fell because whenever I try to talk about it they laugh 🙄🙄

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But they think I’m just exaggerating. That makes it no better 😑

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Hit the wrong one, meant to say yes

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My mamma knows and she is super supportive ❤️

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they know I have anxiety attacks I've had them ever since my mom died but my family, (excluding my husband and my older brother) don't really care.  they tell me that it's an act that I'm just wanting attention

Does Your Family Know You Have Depression/anxiety?

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