Need to vent... I was at a family event earlier (husband’s family) and my bitch of a sister in law asked me for a Tylenol. I didnt think about it and I told her just grab it out of my purse pocket, the same place I keep my Prozac. Instead of pulling out the Tylenol she pulled out my Prozac and asked me- IN FRONT IF EVERYONE-why I took prozac. She jokingly said “ohhhh these are your crazy pills” i said no I have OCD. She looked at my husband and said “lucky you, most men would love a wife who obsessively cleans and keeps things organized” I was humiliated because I didnt want to sit there and explain the severity of my mental illness to all my in laws, but my sister in law made it look like I take pills because I like to clean too much. She just brushed it off like it was a quirk I was taking medicine for... my husband just stood there not knowing what to say because he knows the depth of my struggles but knew I didnt want him to say anything...

I understand and am with you girl. :( that must have been so hard but honestly who cares about her there’s ALWAYS going to be people who don’t understand because they don’t live in your head. Stay strong beauty

To be honest your sister-in-law sounds very inappropriate from the way she acted. This is just my opinion, but I think someone who refers to medication that’s for mental illness as “crazy pills” is not worth trying to explain anything to. Also you have absolutely no duty whatsoever to have to share about your mental illness to anyone unless you are comfortable to do so. She acted very inappropriately in that situation and she’s the one who should be embarrassed, not you. Let her continue on in her blissful ignorance.

When people make incredibly inappropriate comments about mental illness I just remind myself they are ignorant. Not ignorant as in rude, but rather uneducated.

@LaPink got it right, it is her problem, not yours!

@beautifully: I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I hope you know you have nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone has “crosses” they have to bear. Ours’ just happens to be OCD. The fact that you are taking medicine shows that you are a fighter who is taking action to get better. You should be proud of that! There will always be ignorant and unsympathetic people in the world. We can’t control how they act, but we can control how we react to them. Keep your head up, knowing that you didn’t choose to have OCD, be proud of what you are doing to get better, and always remember how special and important you are!!

How horrible! I’m so sorry that she did that. It sounds like she’s very difficult and immature. Next time she does something inappropriate I would say something along the lines of “you must feel really bad about yourself if you are trying to embarrass someone else. Is there something you are dealing with that is making you act so hateful?” Do it out of love and compassion instead of hate. Maybe she will see how terrible she is being.