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True.. tears of a clown and all. And seriously, SOME of the vault boy images in FO3 and FO:NV (dunno about FO4 yet) are downright creepy. Nobody should have that kind of smile when murdering people, or blowing people up, or holding severed heads.

some depressed people are very good actors.

they do it so those around them don't worry about them, because they think they aren't worth being worried about.

@Agastya I do that. I feign happiness and always say "I'm alright". It's kind of a habit I can't shake off.

Japanese culture has a lot of that... "honor in quiet suffering" I think is the English phrase usually used for translation. and I will admit that there are times that I simply kept my problems to myself because nobody wants to hear about it.

It's probably better that way. Worrying people isn't another thing I/we need to cope with

its not really fair to anyone, really.

you're told to keep your problems bottled up, told nobody cares, told "i'm not atlas" and you feel cold and alone, but really.. that's just not how the world works.

there are people that care. the hard part is finding them.

Tbh memeing about mental illness is seriously not funny but i can try

Yeah that. I'm just gonna be an instead

I try to care about people, but yet I am inexperienced in helping people as I am socially awkward to begin with, and I have my own problems... so I oftentimes don't know what to say or do for somebody, but that sure doesn't stop me from wishing I could help people.

I just wish I didn't suck at it so bad, and I wish I had words that people want to hear... the words I have, nobody wants to hear because I'm a Christian and so very few people believe these days. Being a Christian, I so desperately want to help people... but nobody wants my help.

Having a mental illness that leaves you incapable of showing empathy makes caring super damn hard

Not everybody can be a giver. If everybody was a giver, then nothing could be given at all, as nobody would be taking. Everybody has their role in the world, and we can't all be the same.

I probably care about others a bit too much. I just want people to be able to be happy, have a good time. I can't help but worry if I don't hear from a friend for a week or two. If I know a friend has a problem, I want to help them, and if they say they're fine I will worry about them.

And from this, I will say "I'm fine," cause I want to help them with their problems, and I don't want worrying about me to be one of their problems. So I feel I've backed myself into a metaphorical corner. Everyone knows me as "The Innocent one," "The happy-go-lucky one," The one who never has any problems and only wants to help.

So it feels like if I were to ask for help, I wouldn't receive any, because "I don't need it." My friends are all so negative so much, I'm the one beacon of light among them, so I can't let that light dim by showing how I really feel, cause I know it would likely upset them, and I don't want to be the source of their upset.