Telling friends and family

Coping
#1

I’ve had PFS for pretty much one year now and not a single person in my life knows about it. I’m currently considering telling my mum and best friend but don’t know how to go about it. I have a history of anxiety and many of my friends hyperbolically view me as a very paranoid person so I feel as though they’re going to assume it’s all in my head.

My PFS is very cortisol based, so if I engage in anything that increased cortisol (alcohol, caffeine) it’s bad news for me. I barely go out and socialising has become difficult. It’s hard to keep making excuses to avoid going out.

Has anybody else found themselves in a situation whereby friends and family didn’t believe the existence of their condition?

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#2

Hey bro,

I told a couple of good friends about my PFS and anyways I was so bad in the crash that my closest friends new something was amiss so I had to tell them…
My case is slightly different as after a month of shit I forced myself to go out again and socialise as I could do it. It has helped me a great deal and I manage to keep things together.
Most of my friends whom I told about PFS were shocked but they believe me.
Some of them understand PFS up to a certain degree but it has helped me a lot to let go about it…
Just tell people you trust the most, and you might find it helpful.

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#3

Thanks man. I’ll definitely tell somebody I’d just hate it if they didn’t believe me.

#4

You could present them with scientific papers which describe the condition if you think they’re not going to believe you.

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#5

Just carefully chose who you wanna tell… Give links to this forum or, as Greek suggested, to scientific papers to back up your disclosure.

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#6

Probably the best course of action! Hopefully it doesn’t come to that

#7

I hope not too, it’s a difficult thing to do, I hope it goes ok.

#8

Thanks man.

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