It's interesting to see peoples' reactions when my reasoning for certain actions is "depression", "anxiety", or any other sort of mental illness. At this point it's kinda laughable how I'll always get the same responses no matter how much I try to break through to the people I care about most. And instead of trying to understand, they just come up with "methods" so I can get better like I haven't tried them all. How have you guys tried to/managed to explain your mental illness (and corresponding symptoms) to your families/loved ones?