Been struggling a bit lately and thought about reaching out to some friends. Usually I don't have a problem doing this but recently a mutual acquaintance in our friend group has gone full nutcase with their social media posts about their mental health issues. It's like he's made it his whole personality.

Every single day is some new FB or Insta story about how nobody checks on him because the world is full of assholes. I lost count of how many times he threatened suicide or said he wouldn't be alive by (insert holiday here). Anytime a male mental health case gains national attention he posts a picture of himself and claims he's the only one talking about it.

Never mind that he constantly lashes out at people and admits he's never going to go to therapy or try to get better; it must be society's fault that nobody's gonna do his work for him. Any time he's called out for this behavior he hides behind depression as an excuse and accuses that person of not caring about mental health issues.

I ain't saying his issues ain't real and I know it shouldn't affect me but it pisses me off how this can ruin it for others. Now I'm thinking twice about talking about my own issues because our mutual friends may think I'm the same brand of beta as this guy who's just gonna whine and complain even though I've been hitting up therapy for a while and don't blame others for my problems.

How do you get around that and separate yourself from some pussy who can't pull their own weight?