@Samizdata @sungo Trying to appear normal to family and friends is the hardest part. And it is fucking exhausting emotionally and physically. I often sleep way too long from it.
@Elizafox @Samizdata My parents are ... aware now. They were around after my divorce, the worst I've probably ever been. So they know the score now and seem to cope ok.
@sungo @Samizdata My mother has never been terribly supportive in re depression. My father left when I was young and he died 20 years ago about this time.
She didn't even care when I was harming myself to try to make her get me help when this shitshow was starting.
She still doesn't know I have an official diagnosis of depression or that I've started antidepressants.
I love her, but she's not the kind of person who only gives a shit about my *physical* well-being.
