I recently told my friends, including her, that I was depressed. Suddenly 3 days later my friend has everything I have and self harms in the same way I do. She is very open about her “depression” and makes it very hard for me as if I tried to talk about my depression people would think I’m faking. I am almost positive that she is faking as she just says “ohhh im so depressed I have all of the symptoms” on a daily basis. It’s just very dramatic and there’s something off about it. What do I do?
What to do with a friend faking depression?
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- 3+ months ago by Depressed...
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- friend, depression, depressed, friends, everything, self, self harm
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To me it seems like she is trying to get attention, you should try going into counseling with your friend and should try confronting her on it, to find out why exactly she would do this (if you both are close enough)...
Why you both should go into counseling?
1.you both are cutting (from what I understand)
2. If she is trying to get attention that means something is more in likely happening at home or she is feeling left out, which could actually lead to depression
3. (most obvious reason) You are depressed and you need that taken care of
If you are depressed and self harming because of it, your first priority ought to be getting help for yourself. You need another way to vent. Everybody's got a whole range of problems they have to deal with, but this sort of thing that you have can quickly spiral out of control.
Talk to someone, please.