Tarmac_6Senior Contributor
Family
I’m struggling a bit at the moment with anger towards my family. I love them and have a mostly good relationship but I have also had problems with them in the past. I started struggling with my mental health when I was 14 and so did my twin sister. Without going into too much detail my sister was hospitalised and for like two years of my life my parents pretty much had to give all their attention to her. My parents both work full time so I completely understand it and that’s just how the situation was. I have never and still don’t talk about my depression and anxiety with any of them due to this time of my life. I feel like my sisters especially always make comments that they have gone through more than me or that I feel sorry for myself all the time and need to feel like I’m the only person in the world who feels this way (it’s hard not to be negative when I’m in a depressive episode but I also know that I’m lucky and I don’t think I have the hardest life). I just feel like they get so much understanding from each other and my parents and I don’t and it frustrates me. I know if I told them everything that they’d probably be more understanding but I don’t want to have to give them that information. I just want to know if I’m being too dramatic and hard on my sisters/parents? Do I need to give them more leeway?
