How do you tell people that you have depression and that you pretty much never go out in your free time?

3 comments

1. You don’t. It’s not a good idea to say that kind of thing. For starters, you won’t get invited by them to go out if your intention was to go out with them. Moreover, people will avoid you because depression and loneliness is a negative vibe.

   As hard as it may be, you need to actually work on emotional self control and actually being a positive person around others.

2. I think honesty is the best, if you have a group or some people that you want to keep as friends then you can tell them that you suffer with depression but value their company and appreciate when they invite you out. You don’t have to share your mental health status if you don’t want to but it can help people understand you, especially since you said you don’t want to lie or be fake. The other guy kinda gave a ‘put up with it’ stance saying you’d be a downer on them but not everyone would treat people like that

3. Syd is that you?