denial (question)
 

how long did you deny that you had any sort of problem? i'm just curious.... i did for... probably 3 years. but then i didn't try to get any help for a few more cause i didn't want anyone to know.

its just sorta been on my mind, cause someone asked me how come i hadn't known when it had seemed like it should be obvious to me. and i was just sorta like, well first off i didn't really know about mental health all that much, and second, i don't like being sick, so i kept finding ways to rationalize it

Probably about 7years. I guess i didnt know all that much about it so didnt believe that i waws really ill... much the same as you really..

take care
jen x

everytime my mum asked me... until I was shoved in a corner and exposed... but it was a good 6-8months until that happened...

(I had surgery on my knee and the surgeon saw the scars all over my thighs and after that... I couldnt say I was fine could I?? *cries*)

For me, the denial comes in and out like waves.

I have never denied my illnesses. Although, when I was first diagnosed it was because a teacher at school asked me to go to my doctor and I wasn't entirely sure at that point. I didn't tell my family for about 5 years though, just because I didn't want to upset them.

I recognised I was depressed right from when I was in 6th form. But the concept I could be helped with it was hampered by my father's threats when I was growing up. [strait jacket etc]. And when there was the concept of professional help in my mind, I resisted it for some time until I was too broken down to cope any other way. I started getting help when I was 30. Before then I was in yoga support groups partly based on psychological themes, but not run by professionals at all.