lazy.depressed
Health is a myth
- Nov 9, 2019
- 13
I started living with my best friend some time ago. Both of us are mentally ill and struggle on a daily basis. I'm diagnosed with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder (aka basic bitch diagnosis) and have a tendency to isolate myself and lay around doing nothing a lot.
My roommate isn't yet diagnosed with anything, but they def have ptsd, depression, anxiety and some form of an ed. They also sh and think they could have bpd.
We both drink a LOT rip
I often think about how living together affects both of us. On one hand it can be very helpful, because we understand and support each other. Sometimes we're the only people that get our struggles and don't say or do stupid shit in an attempt to help. Also it's a serious life saver when I'm paralyzed in bed in the morning and they bring me my meds.
On the other hand, it can suck. Sometimes our symptoms clash and I get confused about what to do in a certain situation and do something that upsets them irrationally. (like talk over them) Sometimes I feel really bad about myself for that and end up shutting off.
Like one time they couldn't get up from the floor when they had to be somewhere. My thought was that in that state, I don't like to be touched, so what i did was spray their ass with water. To my surprise, they weren't happy at all lol.
And biggest problem, we trigger each other a lot, by various things. Idk what to do about that.
My question is: Does anyone here live with another mentally ill person? What are your experiences like? What helps you?
My roommate isn't yet diagnosed with anything, but they def have ptsd, depression, anxiety and some form of an ed. They also sh and think they could have bpd.
We both drink a LOT rip
I often think about how living together affects both of us. On one hand it can be very helpful, because we understand and support each other. Sometimes we're the only people that get our struggles and don't say or do stupid shit in an attempt to help. Also it's a serious life saver when I'm paralyzed in bed in the morning and they bring me my meds.
On the other hand, it can suck. Sometimes our symptoms clash and I get confused about what to do in a certain situation and do something that upsets them irrationally. (like talk over them) Sometimes I feel really bad about myself for that and end up shutting off.
Like one time they couldn't get up from the floor when they had to be somewhere. My thought was that in that state, I don't like to be touched, so what i did was spray their ass with water. To my surprise, they weren't happy at all lol.
And biggest problem, we trigger each other a lot, by various things. Idk what to do about that.
My question is: Does anyone here live with another mentally ill person? What are your experiences like? What helps you?
