Mental Illness

I feel kind of lost. I have some really bad bouts with mental illness (depression, anxiety) and I feel like its pushing away my best friend. It happens less now, but I always feel bad when it does.

We were at a party yesterday and part way through I feel the tell tail sign of depression and anxiety seep in. I excuse myself to my car when they are not around to hopefully recover before they notice. But they found me and realized what was wrong. We stayed for a little longer but decided to leave earlier than originally planned. I feel like it was because of me, and I feel like *** because of it.

I was DD that night and when driving home it was getting worse. They could tell I was not doing well and said that I could just drop them at home instead of what we planned.

I feel bad that I ruined the night and now I am afraid they don't want anything to do with me. That they are mad at me.

I don't know what to do and I am afraid to text them

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  • Don't beat yourself up, please. Our mind is the worst neighbourhood in the world. 

    I realised that I need time to myself. Perhaps, on Tuesday, I was glad that I got a train to and from Belfast; rather than a bus. More solitude on a train; at daytime.

    Jesus had to retreat to solitude, several times, in the Gospel. He was treated like a Celebrity in Judea. That overwhelmed him. 

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  • Don't beat yourself up, please. Our mind is the worst neighbourhood in the world. 

    I realised that I need time to myself. Perhaps, on Tuesday, I was glad that I got a train to and from Belfast; rather than a bus. More solitude on a train; at daytime.

    Jesus had to retreat to solitude, several times, in the Gospel. He was treated like a Celebrity in Judea. That overwhelmed him. 

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