I understand that it is hard to relate to what I go through. They say it is all in my mind but not all of it is in my mind. I don’t want things to become worse. Everyday is the same problem. Just want a normal life and no more intrusive thoughts.
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Hang in there @see121.
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My stepdad doesn’t understand that I’m disabled. I think he think’s I’m lazy or disinterested. My mom knows what being disabled is like (she’s on disability for interstitial cystitis) and expects me to push myself but at the same time understands that I have limits.
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It sucks when people don’t even attempt to understand what we go through. I’m sorry @Wave. You can get through this. 
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I resonate with this very much, @Wave. I am thinking of you and I’m in the same position.
My family does not understand my conditions. Yet again, I’m sitting here thinking about how horrible my condition will be in the future.
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Have you tried CBT @Wave
Many years ago i was afraid to even pick up the phone …my dad used to do EVERYTHING… .i feel CBT really helped to get out there a bit and slowly out of it… i am in a job where i have to call people everyday
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As for family members not understanding my brother practically told me my mum doesn’t need a mental person in the house and one day tried to kick me out… a year or two later he was in the ambulence for a drink related problem and he apologised… i feel it’s something some people don’t understand until they experience it for themself.
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I try talk to my family but they just say I have social anxiety but it’s not according to doctors and nurse that see me. Its scizo. I try talk with my mum and she’s religious so just prays and say jesus will look after me. Well I hate to be rude but he ain’t looking after me at the moment as I can see 
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Thanks @agent101g @antidepressant044 @anon10648258 @anon80629714 and @Windy.
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I’m sure she means well. When my sister lost custody of my niece I told my niece that Jesus was always with her. She was just a little thing at the time.
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I would explain more to my family about my difficultys - but mothers usually too pre-occupied telling everyone how ill she is, whilst giving you a breakdown on what the doctors have told her. It borders on attention-seeking - but i let it go cos of her age. So theres never any room for me to say to my family, that ive actually had a shitty day.
This forum probably knows more about me deep-down than my family does.
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I hear you @Wave.
My family aren’t interested in my MI and have no idea how hard it is or that it’s a degenerative brain disease. They all expect me to be like them thru sheer will power and think I’m lazy.
I’m scared of meeting new people. Meds helped a lot with that & exposing myself to my fear by going to tonnes of Meetups & meeting a lot of new people.
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Thanks @Loke @Naarai and @Flutterby.
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Most of my family doesn’t really understand that I am sick. They think I can still do everything I used to do and have high expectations. My wife has seen me at my worst however and she can read me. No one else can.
I used to be a high functioning adult. I am quite limited now in what I can do.
But I think they are better with it though with me working again. Less they have to explain to others especially extended family and the like.
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I think it’s a psychosis thing.
Maybe people can’t understand it fully even if they tried because they have not experienced wat we have experienced.
At least us guys understand.
I’m fearful of a lot of things! Eg don’t like trains too much and it wasn’t like this before.
I’m even scared of piercings… Paranoid the metal in studs will somehow get into my blood in traces and cause mishap… Very unlikely but it scares the ■■■■ out of me enough to close all 8 of my piercings… It wasn’t like this before
Thanks @TomCat and @anon90843118.
Yes, I thought it could be a psychosis thing.
I’ve got to stop being so hard on myself.
I just wish that my brother and Dad were more understanding that’s all.
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I hate it when family members don’t understand. My dad is one of those. He doesn’t get that I can’t control psychosis. And then whenever I tell someone I’m depressed, they always ask “What are you depressed about?”. I’m not depressed about anything I’m just depressed! I get sometimes where I can’t function. Especially during the summer and here recently. I haven’t been psychotic, but I’m bipolar too and I’ve been rapid cycling through mania and depression.
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I’m sorry your going through this @rileyk86.
I understand you.
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My family doesn’t get it at all. My mom doesn’t understand psychosis and makes fun of me a lot. The other day she had some frosting on her lip and I told her, and she didn’t see it and my dad didn’t and she asked if that was a delusion. Sucks.
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