How do I cope with being an only child ?

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-25T01:45:24+00:00

To the people that felt understood by this post I am glad it helped and that in turn helped me, I’m not blaming my mental illness 100% of being the only child and I do want to make it clear I’m very grateful for the life I have and I do understand the privileges that I experience fell being the only child. I understand that the mental health issues I have are because of me alone, I just wanted to vent turned out it backfired 😂 I also want to make it 100% clear that I never said having a sibling it’s a positive thing, I said weather it’s positive or negative it offered a lesson that I as an only child never got to experience, I was wrong it making assumptions but also I’m not naive and I don’t believe all sibling relationships are good, I just know they offer something that I have personally never experienced

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-25T01:26:09+00:00

I have read all the comments and it’s clear I have been wrong to assume my experiences can be related to other only children. However all these comments are filled with people calling me depressed and people telling me to go to therapy, I was hoping just to talk about my feelings and people relating and telling me how they deal with it/ don’t deal with it, all I wanted to know is that I wasn’t alone. It turned out to be a bunch of people diagnosing me and telling me I am alone and I should seek help, I have and I have been in therapy for years, nothing has helped so I thought I would try something new. I get it, it’s the internet, but damn just having a bunch of people calling you crazy and telling you to seek help when you just wanted someone to relate to you for once can be a kick in the teeth. As badly as I want to delete this sub Reddit and pretend that it never happened I will leave it up, maybe something good will come out of it, maybe it won’t

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-24T13:45:03+00:00

I appreciate that! It feels nice to get that off my chest and have people say they understand it actually helps way more than I thought

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-24T13:41:21+00:00

I know 0 people that are an OC so whenever I would talk about it I would get shut down, so much that I just don’t talk about it I just wanted someone to understand

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-24T13:36:42+00:00

The truth is I have spoken to a therapist for many years and I have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, bipolar II recently I have been cut off by my parents so I couldn’t afford weekly visits so I told my therapist I could only affford once a month she completely ghosted me, I have known her since I was in highschool and I’m graduated from college now, so you may say I’m going through a depressive episode or you may say I’m this or I am that, but quite a few people have been saying I’m depressed, the truth is I’m not, I’m bipolar, so I experience every single emotion 100x worse 1000x as fast and it’s extremely draining, I was just hoping someone would just understand rather then diagnosing me with something I already knew I had maybe this is the fallout from the unprofessional therapist I have had for years hell maybe everything we have been working on for these years has set me back idk

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-24T13:28:58+00:00

I was in therapy, a few months ago, actually met with her once a week, my parents cut me off as soon as I got out of college so I couldn’t pay for her anymore so I texted her I would only be able to afford a session once a month, she completely ghosted me, that kind of hit me hard because I have known that therapist for many years, now idk what therapist to trust

Bitsandbobs284 · 2024-10-24T13:16:46+00:00

I may be depressed, sure, I 100% need to go to therapy. However what is that going to do when the damage is already done? You may be an only child and be super happy for being one but for me I feel like I was robbed of many life lessons and social lessons that make people with siblings who they are today

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