People who don’t know what to say tend to distance themselves, not because they don’t love you, but because they feel helpless to do anything to make you feel better.I’ve had about 4 major depressive episodes over the past 25 years.
My first one was seemingly out of the blue and no one knew what was wrong with me. When I was finally diagnosed and given treatment I recovered and rediscovered myself.
But I did have one very close friend totally drop out of my life.We had been friends for 2-3 years and she just couldn’t understand or deal with the obsessive and anxious component of my illness.
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