I think a part of it is also experience, which can come with age. When I was 15/16ish, nobody knew what to do with me and I lost all my friends more or less, because they didn't want to be friends with a depressed person. Then I went to sixth form, and everyone was amazing to me, because they were either going through their own similar problems, or knew someone who had. Now I'm 22, almost everyone I know knows someone who has had an MH problem to a certian extent, and thus are quite sensitive. But equally are honest when they don't know what to do. But equally now I'm old enough to know how to communicate what's up to people. So I guess really its a combination of factors.
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