Your normie friends

[rs929]

I find it utterly annoying how ignorant they are about mental health issues. I got back in touch with this friend from the past and slightly revealed I wanted to commit suicide. He later said that people that say they wanna commit suicide never go on with it.

His stupidity made me really angry.

How do you handle your friendships with normies? Do you tell them about your mental health issues?

 

[Snake of Eden]

No i dont tell them because most likely than not it is a bad idea to tell somebody that you are planning on suicide. This is why this type of forum is for. Normies will never be able to empathize with such a deep subject and will have not so helpful opinions most of the time.

 

[motel rooms]

I don't form deep friendships with normies.

 

[Versailles]

Don't expect to have serious or deep conversations with Normies, they often don't get out of their comfort zone and their opinions are very poor.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

No. I find it difficult to connect and relate to "normal" people, and they probably feel the same way about me.

 

[FuneralCry]

People who are not suicidal themselves will never be able to comprehend what it is like. I do not think it is worth talking to them about suicide. Personally, I cannot stand people. I do not have any friends in the first place, I do not want friends either.

 

[AnotherTragicName]

Wait... one is supposed to have friends?

 

[LonelyBrazilian]

This is one of the reasons why I do not have friends. I only communicate through non-NT forums, I can't stand normies.

 

[LetMeGoPlease]

I wanted to but some guy they knew did it not long ago and I feel selfish to put them through more stress. People perceive it as a threat to them and not as aI cry for help and can get defensive.

 

[HeckingHecked]

This is one of the reasons why I do not have friends. I only communicate through non-NT forums, I can't stand normies.

Agreed. Also, a lot of people I have met in therapy seem neurodivergent at a glance, but it's more often than not an act.

 

[seaweaves]

Mostly just echoing the above:

When I do have friends, they tend not to be normies. But when I do have friends who are normies, they don't get access to these parts of my life (suicide, mental wellness, disability, queerness, gender, whatever), even if that means not having access to most of my life. It was a lot to learn that I can have different friends for different parts of me.