I've been battling with depression for awhile now and I always have a hard time leaving the house and socializing. Every now and then i get the courage to go out and hang out with friends and family and usually things go great. But something always happens with someone and I'm sent back into a downward spiral.
I have this Uncle that I rarely see maybe once a year, we barely speak, when we do he makes me feel like complete shit. He would bring things from the past that people know I don't like to talk about and he says thing like "I know you better then anyone else" but like we've barely spoken in the past 15 years. I'm not the kid you use to know. And then the past weekend I had the courage to stand up for myself (cause I rarely do) I said "You don't really know me and you don't know how I feel" and he gets defensive saying I don't know what I'm talking about or I'm just overreacting. He made me feel like complete shit just for speaking up for myself. I literally was getting better and now I just don't want to leave my room and deal with people anymore. I've just sitting in a dark room and just trying to think what I did wrong even tho I don't think I did. I think I've given up on trying to understand people.