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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-12-05 06:48 pm

[ SECRET POST #2529 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2529 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Babylon 5, Art by A-gnosis]


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[HGTV]


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[Boy Meets World]


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[Doctor Who, "Day of the Doctor"]


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[Battlestar Galactica]


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[Brian Cox, Jim Al-Khalili]


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[Doctor Who]


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[Top Gun]


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[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 017 secrets from Secret Submission Post #361.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 2 - posted twice ], [ 1 - ships it ].
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Re: How to be a good friend while dealing with a mental illness

[personal profile] blunderbuss 2013-12-06 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
My personal tactic is to be honest and upfront. One day when I was out with my friends for dinner when I was feeling especially bad I was honest; I was feeling terrible and went out to feel better, but they were not remotely responsible for my mental well-being and should never feel obligated or pressured to cheer me up. Going out was something I wanted to do for myself, not to rope them into making me feel better.

I've also said that yeah, I've got depression and anxiety, feel free to ask me anything because I don't want them to think they need to treat me with kid gloves.

Honestly, after all the shit with my sister being extremely emotionally manipulative with her mental illness, I'm paranoid of making anyone feel that they need to help me. I'd rather have that person leave me alone than have them guilted into helping me.