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Overprotective of MDD

By now I have seen countless videos of people describing MDD, and also acknowledging that they have it. First off, my hats off to these people. I can't bring myself to admit to people that I have MDD, mainly because I am afraid of what people might say as far as negative things, or judgements. Don't get me wrong not that it would hurt my feelings, but I would take it personally because MDD is what has saved me. It is the one thing in my life that protected me from the horrors of reality, if even for a little while, or just moments at a time this disorder has allowed me to escape and survive. MDD has/is my outlet. So there you have it I would love to talk about my MDD in front of a camera(I guess), but I am protective of it. My attitude about it is kind of like... "no its mine, leave it alone!"

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Comment by Alexis Taylor on August 28, 2014 at 8:30pm: I have only told one close friend about my MD, I just described to him what it was and what I do, but what I'm protective of the most is the content of my MD. I could never (i don't think) tell someone what I daydream about, and what the details are of the MD. I wanna keep all that to myself.

Comment by The1andonlyAbber on August 28, 2014 at 7:36pm: I think my MD saved me, too. I've actually told a lot of my friends about it because I'm proud of having MD and I also want to help spread the word about it. The thought of actually going on camera to talk about MD is still scary to me, though.

Comment by 4everlost23 on August 27, 2014 at 5:40am: I too went through a period years ago when because of my dd I failed all of my classes one year, but managed to bring them all back up to A's and B's. Bonnie I also can respect your decision to want to stop, I think that is very brave of you. True we all need to face up to our problems, I admire you for wanting to rely on yourself and not mdd to face your problems.

Comment by Bonnie on August 26, 2014 at 11:41pm: Hi MDD also protected me a lot from my childhood horror. I believe if it was not for MDD maybe I would have committed suicide long ago.

As much as it helped me I don't want it anymore. I want to face up with my problems deal with them than escaping them, that is the reason I badly want to stop.