Professionals dont take me seriously sometimes

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I try to talk about my feelings such as extreme sadness. They say it's not a big deal because I still feel hopeful. They only worry about my delusions. Those dont really bother me. I take my medication every day now. Celexa and Abilify.

Also people dont take me seriously about my intense thoughts and emotions. They think I need to calm down. I have no coping strategies currently. Sometimes self care is hard for me. Everything is overwhelming for me and my caregivers just tell me to be strong and deal with it, to be positive.

It annoys me when people expect me to be happy all the time. They dont understand what I'm feeling on the inside.

I'm tired of trying to explain my feelings to be honest.

It's hard when people dismiss your intense feelings by just saying you need to calm down, as though you wouldn't do that if you could choose to do so in the moment.

Tired of having to explain your feelings? Do you have a "safe place" or quiet zone where you can retreat to be left alone and have peace? I found it very difficult to live in one place because I had no place to be alone and be quiet. People always wanted me to "join in" which I found very difficult, and I got a lot of pressure to explain... why don't you want to do this all the time. I wonder if you are not being heard when you say NO. Do you go along to get along, do a lot of things that are really difficult for you just to keep somebody from pushing you to do it? Sending best wishes, it hurts a lot to just be "shushed" and not taken seriously.