I don’t experience anxiety as much as I experience melancholy but I’m also very critical of my sadness and very selective on who I show it to. I don’t want to hand it off to everybody. I can mask it.
Problem with masking it so much is that people don’t necessarily know how to handle my low moods. Since I’m usually the type to joke around they try to continue joking with me but it just sets a fire inside my chest.
Making a joke out of depression? Yes let’s continue the stigma 🙄
Honestly the “take your meds” joke or comment is pretty dismissive and just rude. It’s not funny to be told to take my medication when I take it and still find myself struggling to cope.
In the bluntest way possible — leaving me the fuck alone is usually the way to go. If I am upset with you or by you. I usually just need time. . I’ll come around eventually.