Hi,
I was wondering how you interact with friends that really don't understand the way you're feeling. Do you still keep them as friends?
My mental health has gotten a lot better very recently. It was directly related to a couple of things for which I had posted under a different name and received lots of support.
The majority of my friends have been great, but there are a few whom I feel I either can't share information with, or seem not to be able to handle the information I gave them.
Examples: Friend A told me: "I don't understand how you could be struggling, because you have a lot less going on in your life than I do." I didn't feel like I could tell that friend anything.
And friend B, who I was quite close to, now just has the default of "Go see a therapist" and by that I mean that now it is the default response to everything. (I'll openly admit here that I texted this friend a lot when I was feeling like a mess, and probably leaned too heavily on that friend. I have apologised for this).
Part of the reason my mental health has improved so much lately is because I cut off contact with a few toxic people in my life, but I know that there are also people who genuinely care but don't understand. Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks.