Do you pity yourself and do you sometimes seek yourself searching for others to pity you?

[MiMif]

What the question asks. I'd like to think I don't pity myself and don't want others to pity me but then sometimes out of nowhere I find myself ranting about all my problems to my 'friends'.....and they laugh at me like I once said I had undiagnosed depression and they said I was one of those people who faked it.....i found myself being upset though not saying anything


When they tell me their problems I attempt to sympathize or fake it but they don't do the same....maybe I don't seek pity but sympathy...or not complete apathy from the people who supposedly care about me when I talk about my problems .

 

[zeek]

i didnt even try to diagnose myself
i still dont believe i have depression after a diagnosis
i think theyre lying to me
i also find myself telling everyone about my situation. im not sure if its my attention seeking/wanting core or i just need to tell someone.
i wish there would be someone to pay attention to me all the time

.maybe I don't seek pity but sympathy...or not complete apathy from the people who supposedly care about me when I talk about my problems .

while im not sure about apathy, i have seen that theyre responses are just nothing.
like once my peers saw my cuts, and they asked if i was ok. and that was it. im not sure what im expecting, but it is more

 

[fiasco]

tbh i'm more frustrated w myself

 

[Kit1]

Apart from this forum and medics, I rarely talk about my past due to shame, trauma and privacy concerns. I hope people who are aware of my issues don't pity me. I don't pity myself as I am aware that so many people go through pain suffering and feel that I don't have the right to feel sorry for myself anyway.

 

[Abyssal]

I used to pity myself. Psychology classes have given me a better outsider view of myself in a way that I cannot define, I have learned to recognize I am fairly well off, and I am no longer in the situation that set me up for suffering. Now, suicidality is just a natural part of me. Not a cry for help, I don't need help. Not a sign of weakness, I made it through hell. Not an escape the pain, I am no longer in pain. Suicide is simply the natural course of my life.

 

[Abandoned Character]

Neurotic self-pity is definitely one of my unproductive coping mechanisms