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Mental illness does not exist

AnneMargaret

One of my older brothers does not believe in mental illnesses or doctors. Today he has had a go at me swearing shouting and doing "mental" actions towards me. All because i asked his wife about something she didn't like and she went snitching so to speak. I didn't realise i had said anything offensive. But i have been sobbing and now have thoughts of self harm again. I know that won't solve anything but i just feel so low. I expect i won't hear or see him for weeks now. He needs to accept my problems. I'm sick of discrimination.

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  • I'm afraid it's just general ignorance when it comes to some families - they simply can't, or wholeheartedly refuse to understand.

    I was diagnosed AS last month at the age of 50 - now that's a hell of a long time to be knowing that somethings not quite right, but you just can't put your finger on what it is that's different about you.  According to them, I was always the odd one in my family (even though I thought them quite weird from my perspective!!)

    I told my Mother about the recent diagnosis and it just went completely over the top of her head and she went on to advise me not to tell anyone else as they won't understand either (my Brother already thinks I'm a waste of space anyway) I speak to her once or twice a week (she lives in England, I live in Scotland) and we havent discussed it since, but that's how my family function, ie, if we don't talk about it, it will go away and not exist. They have absolutely no concept of how hard it can be and how much I struggle to get by day to day. You can't choose your family, but you can make decisions about how much you let them in and if they are always hurting you, then perhaps it's easier not to let them in at all. Sad, I know...

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  • I'm afraid it's just general ignorance when it comes to some families - they simply can't, or wholeheartedly refuse to understand.

    I was diagnosed AS last month at the age of 50 - now that's a hell of a long time to be knowing that somethings not quite right, but you just can't put your finger on what it is that's different about you.  According to them, I was always the odd one in my family (even though I thought them quite weird from my perspective!!)

    I told my Mother about the recent diagnosis and it just went completely over the top of her head and she went on to advise me not to tell anyone else as they won't understand either (my Brother already thinks I'm a waste of space anyway) I speak to her once or twice a week (she lives in England, I live in Scotland) and we havent discussed it since, but that's how my family function, ie, if we don't talk about it, it will go away and not exist. They have absolutely no concept of how hard it can be and how much I struggle to get by day to day. You can't choose your family, but you can make decisions about how much you let them in and if they are always hurting you, then perhaps it's easier not to let them in at all. Sad, I know...

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