depression comix

Story/Art © 2017 Clay

4 "How Other People See Their Friends"

Published 8 Comments

depcom.004.col.400px

English
PANEL 1:
CAPTION: How Other People See Their Friends
PANEL 2:
… Having a great time together.
… Trustworthy.
… There if you need them.
… Helpful.
… Happy to be with them.
CAPTIONS: Cheerful. Good listener. Fun mood-maker. Loyal, dependable.
PANEL 3:
CAPTION: How I See My Friends
PANEL 4:
… Think I’m a loser.
… Likely talking behind my back.
… Laughing at me.
… Think I’m the fifth wheel.
CAPTIONS: Probably hates me. Hates me. Barely tolerates me. Feels pity for me.
Svenska
PANEL 1:
Hur andra ser på sina vänner.
PANEL 2:
… Har kul tillsammans.
… Glad att vara med dem.
… Pålitlig.
… Hjälpsam.
… Där om du behöver dem.
… Bra lyssnare.
… Gladlynt.
… Får en på bra humör.
… Trogen och pålitlig.
PANEL 3:
Hur jag ser på mina vänner
PANEL 4:
… Tycker att jag är en nolla.
… Pratar antagligen bakom min rygg.
… Skrattar åt mig.
… Tycker att jag är det femte hjulet.
… Hatar antagligen mig.
… Hatar mig.
…  Tolererar nätt och jämt mig.
… Tycker synd om mig
(Translation by Canis Lupus)

Comments

  1. What if you just have shitty friends, though? I’m beginning to think some of my friends are legitimately not worth having, for reasons beyond my depression, but I can’t trust my perception of the world at all so I don’t know whether or not its just me and that’s so frustrating

    Reply

    • It’s more than that.
      I have best friend in the whole wide world, I know that.
      Still, I’m always thinking he want’s me to go away.
      And of course that creates feeling of guilt, because he truly is good friend and I’m stupid and unfair and so on…

      1
      Reply

  3. Ugh, this. It’s so much worse on the internet when you have even less to go on for cues. At least in real life you don’t have as much of the tense moments filled with doubt and self-loathing while waiting for them to reply. A lot of the waiting wondering if they’re bored of you, or if they’ve hated something you just said because they haven’t said anything for a while, and you just really don’t really know unless you ask them. And how do you even ask something like that?

    1
    Reply

    • Being an aspie helps. You just ask. And spent a few hours curled in a ball in shame of what your big mouth said this time later.

      1
      Reply

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.