Seem to have crashed....
After my initial optimism about my diagnosis, this last week (in addition to a chest infection and subsequent exacerbation of symptoms) I am feeling really low and tearful. I've just spent the weekend with some of my family. With the exception of my [incredible] mum none of them have talked about my diagnosis, despite me trying to talk about it along with my fears. This really hurt me but I don't know if I'm over reacting. I feel bad for piling it all on my mum despite her saying that's what she is there for. I am a 'talker', it's how I deal with things but the fact my family, and my boyfriend for that matter, don't seem to be acknowledging it is making me lower and angrier....
I don't know what to do or how to deal with it effectively, I'm afraid I've p***ed people off enough with my miserable demeanour of late :(
Evening <a href='https://shift.ms/community/people/ophelia/' rel='nofollow'>@ophelia</a> Sorry to hear that you're not getting the support reqd. I didnt tell anyone for two years when I was first diagnosed! Please talk/vent/yell etc as much as reqd, PM me if you like too. Sending you big sunday night hugs!! Si
was just the same for me with me before my diagnosis and even now really but think its a combination of your family trying to ignore the situation because they are trying to stay strong for ya and they think tgat by either playing it down or ignoring it it will scale down the significance of the situation in the hope it makes you feel like its not a big deal im sure they mean well its a syrange way to go about it but after talking to my family since my diagnosis and hearing how they felt and how they tried to help me this strange ignorance was probably their somewhat strange way of dealing with things coz dnt forget its a scary time for them too. plz dnt let it get ya down tho you will all get through this and in the mean timeif ya wanna talk im happy to ablige sometimes talking to someone without the emotional attachment to you can help it cetainly did me