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I told my mom / sis


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Way to go KittKat for telling your mom and sister! That took courage. I am really happy that they sound supportive of you and your decisions!
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That's great kittykat!  It's also sounds like they are going to be supportive of you and let you decide is what is in your best interest re: your other family members.  Sounds good family support to me.  I'm glad you did it....keep us posted on how things go! 
14 years ago 0 224 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Way to go Kittykat!

That probably took a lot of courage but you did it. How does it make you feel to know that your mom and sister know about your depression? What advice would you give to others who are thinking about sharing their situation with their family?



Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator
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Hi all, so it was a few weeks ago that I mentioned I would say something to my mom and sister, it took some time to get up the courage, but this weekend we had a family get together, and when we were all doing the dishes in the kitchen I just blurted it out: I'm depressed. I think it took them a few minutes or maybe seconds (but it felt lke minutes) to realize what I just said but in the end they both hugged me and my mom said I knew something wasn't quite right...I guess I'm bad at hiding things.

Anyways, in the end, they both promised dthey wouldn't tel anyone else in the family since I'm not ready for that, and they said they would make more of an effort to keep in touch.




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