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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all the people telling OP he needs some sympathy, are you suffering from depression?

My mom is bi-polar. Am I supposed to give her carte Blanche for years of physical and emotional abuse because she was depressed? If your illness is impacting how other people live and grow up, maybe you need to fine tune your own empathy. I get that my mom was and is sick. But she acts like I am supposed to be Suzy Sunshine with her. She dismisses her behavior with, "that was the depression talking." I've been hearing that since I was three. When do I get the right to protect myself emotionally?

Behavior, intended of not, has consequences and can damage relationships and people.[/quote]

OP here  - you said in kinder and more succinct terms - EXACTLY what I'm getting at and trying to express.  It's as if those of us who fought through the depression and or overcome it are the ones who have to accommodate and acclimate to the needs of the depressed.  After YEARS and literally a LIFETIME of doing it - when is enough is enough.  Ultimately, we're the ones left sacrificing our lives, jobs, careers, friends and happiness for others. 
There are at times when I'm at family gatherings with my depressed family members.  I'll sit back and listen to them talk.  They talk about their therapists, their meds and their "bad days" as if it is something they have accepted.  I never once here about what they think they've done to hurt their spouses, siblings or children.

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