NorthCountryGirl75 t1_iuc8ljv wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:50 AM

it’s interesting to hear this from the other side. in the last two years my life has had profound upheaval - divorce, immigrating, supporting a parent through dementia and now through cancer - i sometimes wonder if being sad about any of it is reasonable. my instinct was to never talk about it to anyone and to mask and be doing great cheers bc i had a feeling no one would give a shit. it’s funny bc the advice on the other side is ‘lean on your friends! that’s what they are there for!. looks like my instinct to keep my feelings and grief to myself were spot on, ha

mercurysnowman OP t1_iuc914v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:56 AM

don't do that, of course you should be able to talk about these things with your friends. it would be a problem if you only talked about the negative stuff.

i do hope things get better for you :)