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Hello, this is the first time I try to get any help from any one other than my husband, my depression is some thing my family refuse to belive, am poor and don't have the means to get a doctors dignosis on a writen letter or some thing like that, but I think that even if I did they still like better the idea that am just a bad person and not a sick one that needs their help more than any one.
I had this feelings for as long as I can remember, never give it a second thought till in my husband stared to point out stuff to me and being the most patient man ever stared searching depression and its simtoms, now with his help am able to say I no longer think of killing myself, the idea of doing that to him is more painfull than I can stand. He is my rock and the only reason I can make it one day at a time, Still I wish my family would understand me and my problem, they never talk to me unless I call and as most of us know that is so hard to do some times, I have try to explain that when they see me is my good days and my poor husband get all my bad ones, that is the reason for me to try and get extra help, I hate to lean on him so much am afraid that he can only take so much he'll get tired and move on, witch it'll the worse thing that could happend to me.
Thats why I like to ask if there is a better way I could aproch my family and ask for their help, with out doctors and medication love is been so far my only treatment, I have lost my daugther dont want to lose my sisters and husband too.

hello Yeimi78, im sorry you have this trouble with your family and freinds
having trouble understanding ,or not believeing your illness ,i have suffered all my life and i know how hard it is ,i dont really know how you could start to get those around you to understand ,depression from an onlookers view is very hard to understand and it effects people in differant
ways ,do you have acess to books ,if they could read about your illness
they may understand better ,what about the internet ,theres a vast amount of information on there . how about showing them some posts on forums ,these can be very powerful things written from the heart of people
just like you and me ,dont forget we are the same ,we walk the same path ,differant lives and worlds ,but the same road ,all i can offer is the
warmth of this forum ,you now have lots of new freinds from all over the world ,lean on us ,we will do all we can to support you ,you must never feel alone here ,replys may not come straight away ,but someone will always hear you calling out ,feel the warm and caring that we send you
reach out Yeimi78 that we may catch your fall ,,,,,,best wishes xn728