Telling my dad
Hello everyone. I have depression and I really want to be able to talk to my family about it, I know that they would be supportive and kind so i'm not worried about that. I just don't want them to think that I am weak, or need their sympathy, and I don't want to make them worried about me.I have real trouble connecting to people when its about my problems and don't like talking about myself.
Anyadvice on how I should goabout telling my dad?
Have you thought about trying to write him a letter? It can be extremelydaunting to go up to anyone and tell them all the things that go on in your head. From personal experience I know that the second you open your mouth all of the words in your brain go silent and you lose what you wanted to express. Writing it down to refresh or even just as a guide to read off of can be helpful. Try pretending like you are telling one of us of just talking to yourself and write what comes to mind. Once you have it all written out you can edit to include or take out specific things you want your family to know/not know i.e. talk about what you want from them after you tell them or goals you hope to achieve by opening this line of communication.
I hope this helps sweetie, if you have any more questions or would like some help writing feel free to shoot me a message.
Jessica
thank you very much I think i will do that!
You say that your family will not have any kind of negative reaction and in fact that they will be very supportive. You need to share your feelings of depression and get them out of your system and you'll most probably feel less depressed by doing so! It's actually a sign of strength to share something which you feel badly or negatively about. Please go ahead and do it and I bet you and your family will become closer! Do it as soon as possible!