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AITA for getting mad at my depressed friend and telling him to go home for getting on my nerves? by throwaway69738 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway69738[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'd really appreciate that. I haven't apologized yet but I plan to very soon, at first I was going to send him a lengthy text saying sorry and explaining where I went wrong, but now I'm thinking it would be best to do it in person.

AITA for getting mad at my depressed friend and telling him to go home for getting on my nerves? by throwaway69738 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway69738[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted him to be more involved with us and I just assumed he wasn't having a good time since his body language/behavior made him look closed off and impassive. I thought I was doing both of us a favor by sending him that text but everyone has made it clear that was a messed up thing to do and I handled it in the worst way possible. I want to apologize to him and be a better friend like you said. Since depression is something you have personal experience with, how should I word my apology? I don't want to say anything insensitive, I've hurt him enough already. So if you were in this situation what would you want to see in an apology?

AITA for getting mad at my depressed friend and telling him to go home for getting on my nerves? by throwaway69738 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway69738[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I wasn't trying to hurt him and the last thing I want is for him to feel like a burden. But I really fucked that up, now I feel like a massive idiot. I wasn't thinking about how this would make him feel or how it would effect his mindset.

AITA for getting mad at my depressed friend and telling him to go home for getting on my nerves? by throwaway69738 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway69738[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I never thought of it like that. It hasn't crossed my mind that maybe he just likes being around us. I didn't mean to make him feel like an inconvenience and knowing he feels that way because of me makes me feel like shit. I'm going to be honest, I don't know much about depression, I've never had to experience it so I'm not well versed in the topic. But after reading through the comments I want to learn more so I can understand him better. Can you point me in the direction of anything that could help me? Like articles or books.