I’m suffering my first major depression episode since my cancer diagnosis. While I’m trying self care and journaling, my emotions are dark. To manage, I regulate them and change the thoughts that caused them. It’s an uphill fight.
I can’t really discuss any of this with immediate family. They don’t want to know about my symptoms. I know because I’ve tried to share my status and it is dismissed.
I shared my status on Facebook without divulging any personal information I don’t want people to know. I got a great response. My immediate family doesn’t use Facebook so they aren’t aware I’m reaching out and bypassing them.
I love them but they are incapable of sympathy at times. Maybe they’re too close to me. Thankfully I have a mental health nurse I see frequently and doctors who are paid to hear me report symptoms I believe are important in regards to my mental wellness and cancer recovery.
Overcoming Cancer 