How to let your family and friends know about your problems?

Last night I heard a radio ad regarding mental illness, urging people to be a supportive friend if they learn someone they know has a problem and referring to a website (www.whatadifference.org). I immediately wished that the people I had told of my problem had heard, instead of me. I doubt that either one of them will ever hear the ad.

Like some others said, I don't really have anyone to tell. I don't really have any friends that are close, and I've never really been close to my parents; I'd fell pretty uneasy talking about it with my parents. I am considering seeing a therapist though.

Easy, I don't tell anyone. I have one friend i could tell but he would probably think it's normal to go through stuff like that and just say to get over it. So i don't tell anyone.

I've never told anyone I know in real life. The only friends I have in person wouldn't understand, one would likely pity me for 2 seconds then forget about it and the other would laugh and call me a pussy. I'm fairly close with my parents and I know they love me and would want to help but I still can't tell them. I already feel like a burden and a shame to them, I would never ever want them to know how ###$ up I really am.

I never told anyone. My father would feel guilty if he knew about my problems and my mother would use it against me. And I don't think it would help me to tell anyone.

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I actually had a rather strange thing happen recently. Without even mentioning it or saying anything (No one knows anything about this sort of thing, save my therapist) one of my siblings out of the blue told me that both of my siblings happen to have varying levels of different anxiety disorders >.> I had never planned on telling anyone in my family anything about this sort of thing, but this has slightly changed my opinion on the matter, and so I may give it a shot. I did attempt to hint to the fact that I have that sort of thing, but nothing solid or hard to easily deny and cut off ties (damn, I'd probably make a great politician.) But I still think it is a horrible idea >.>

I did attempt to hint to the fact that I have that sort of thing, but nothing solid or hard to easily deny and cut off ties (damn, I'd probably make a great politician.) But I still think it is a horrible idea >.>

That's what I always do with everyone. We should found a political party (a technocrat party would be great).
I seem to be bad a detecting those people who will hurt you when they know too much, so I don't trust anyone really anymore. I never confide first and those who tell me their deepest secret (which happens quite often, I seem to be a good listener) they get some piecemeal info about me in return. Nobody knows the whole puzzle. What I sometimes do is telling people that I HAD issues that I still have. Or I tell things in a way that makes them believe something that would be a lie if I really said it.
I don't even hate myself for doing this.

darklight wrote:That's what I always do with everyone. We should found a political party (a technocrat party would be great).
I seem to be bad a detecting those people who will hurt you when they know too much, so I don't trust anyone really anymore. I never confide first and those who tell me their deepest secret (which happens quite often, I seem to be a good listener) they get some piecemeal info about me in return. Nobody knows the whole puzzle. What I sometimes do is telling people that I HAD issues that I still have. Or I tell things in a way that makes them believe something that would be a lie if I really said it.
I don't even hate myself for doing this.

I have actually had a few people confide in me before, it was rather strange, especially considering some of it was for relationship advice. The general vibe I give is most certainly not one of relationship experience >.>; I also give little bits of information, but I never claim to have any issues. I don't really feel guilty about it either, heh. I sometimes catch myself viewing it as a sort of game, where I am using the way I saw things to construct social "forts" I can fall back into should things go amiss.