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[quote=Anonymous]22:59  here.

OP, I would also caution you against telling friends.

I confided in a friend, and I've seriously regretted it, because she sees everything in terms of it.  If I'm legitimately upset about something or angry about something that merits anger, I feel like it's discounted and sort of explained away.

People will label you, even people who pretend to be enlightened about such topics.  I don't think you should lie if asked about it.  But I wouldn't open up to a friend about it without knowing how that friend has handled such things with other friends.

Even people who think they understand depression don't really get it unless they've dealt with it either personally or as a professional psychiatrist/psychologist.  But I have found that every friend who has taken an intro to psych course suddenly thinks they're an expert.

I've also noticed recently that more and more people are quick to conclude about other people "oh, he/she has mental health problems."  It's dangerous when people start playing amateur psychologist and diagnosing everyone they know.

So my best advice is to bypass talking to friends and schedule an appointment with an actual psychiatrist and/or seek out support groups (online even) of other people who have actually gone through the same thing.
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