Hi, I'm a newbie here and I try and read helpful comments & forum topics. I have ADHD, the milder form of manic depressive, complex PTSD, anxiety, & depression. I'm 54. I started noticing depression symptoms when I graduated from college. I realized I couldn't show ppl a paper with straight A's anymore or be the best at a school task. A boy I hoped to date told me not to ever get fat and guess what...yep, I gained 30 lbs. I for some reason, have never met anyone with a similar diagnosis. All the friends I've had have always been pretty normal. Or at least they won't share??!! I have always spilled my guts to people trying to get acceptance for why I'm so weird. Of course, a lot of them are just weirded out & don't know what to do with my info. I mainly just counseled & took meds for depression & eventually anxiety in the past 24 years. The PTSD diagnosis was just given to me in the past 3-4 years. ADHD in the past 8 years. I still haven't found what I've always wanted..a close friend who would try & understand & encourage me. Most friends just take advantage of my people pleaser personality.
I'm always hurt and angry when friends don't treat me as well as I would have treated them. Then I go into flashback and it will take a week or longer to feel better but I still don't know what I should expect from people nor how to Stan up for myself when I feel slighted.
I hope by reading more of your stories I will get a renewed sense of hope and learn how to be kind but still not just allow disrespectful behavior from others. And not feel as though I need to drop every person that has upset me several times.
Thanks for listening
I posted my introduction as a reply to someone else's post. I hope this is the right way to do this?!
Yes, you are in the right place and welcome. Hope you find your time here enjoyable and informative. There's a lot of us here that continue to heal and look for solutions to issues we are dealing with. Make yourself at home. Again Welcome.
Hi Suzane72,
You are here, you posted, I think you got it!
I've been here for just over a month, still looking around at all this site has to offer - there is so much!
Welcome.