I’ve been depressed for a long time and to my parents, either you’re fine and depression is just being dramatic, or your completely insane and you’ll get kicked out, there’s no in between.

Alright I’m just gonna eat unhealthy food, not excercise. Maybe I can get some sympathy if a get a “real” illness like diabetes. I doubt it tho, they’re just gonna blame me for wasting their money. I mean okay then, I’ll not go see a doctor so I don’t waste any of your fucking money. You happy? I’ll love to see a headline in the news “A dependent young adult dies from diabetes because he couldn’t afford healthcare, and parents refuse to help.” I’ll love that headline.

I fucking hate life. Every day is just constsnt yelling in my house. I can’t even function well enough to hold a job. Even if I do have a job, my parents will just demand the money to “help cover costs”. 100% of the money. Yea like I’m gonna do that. I’m done. I’ll make them watch me suffer until they either apologize for abusing me all these years, or until they say something that’ll make me instantly end it.

Sorry for the rant, if I sound angry, it’s cuz I haven’t had my antidepressants for a few days because my parents have been hiding them.

  • seansand@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Both my younger brother and I got diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed 19 years ago. I modified my diet, started getting a lot more exercise, and religiously took my oral meds when I started having to take them after a few years. I check my blood sugar often. My diabetes is still well-controlled. I had a bout of frozen shoulder a few years ago (that got corrected with surgery) but other than that I’m fine at age 51.

    My younger brother got diagnosed about ten years ago. He did nothing to change his diet (which remained awful) and stayed obese. He continued to smoke heavily and made no attempt to quit. He never even tried to get any kind of exercise. He was prescribed diabetes meds but I don’t know how good he was at taking them. Eventually he lost a big toe, and then slowly lost kidney function which eventually required him to get dialysis. He suffered two heart attacks on two separate occasions (interestingly, both attacks occurred during dialysis sessions). The second heart attack killed him. He was 47 years old.

    So, that’s what can happen if you don’t get treatment.