Question by Brielle King: My friends dislike me because of the side effects of my depression?
During freshman and sophomore year, I was suffering from severe chronic depression. It was bad; I thought of suicide, and cut myself three times a week. During that time, I was not the best person to be around. I was sarcastic and I lashed out in anger, because I was so irritable and jealous of their happiness.
This year, I’ve been making the effort to get better. I’m taking medication and talking about my issues with a counselor and trying to improve my attitude; others have noticed the improvement. However, although I’ve apologized, people are still angry with me over the things I said. One girl who used to be my friend is having a party over vacation; she told me I’m not invited because I’m mean, although she has not noticed it this year.
As you can imagine, this isn’t really helping the “recovering from depression” attempts. I feel worthless and horrible,because I’ve burnt so many bridges. I feel isolated; I’ve skipped school twice because I feel so alone. I know I hurt people; there’s no way to change that. I wish they had told me so I could have stopped; I didn’t realize at the time, and now I’m not sure what to do.

Does anyone have any advice?

Best answer:

Answer by Naguru
Please take some drastic steps immediately, so that they start liking you. Take proper and regular treatment without fail.

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