The same things that annoy me about everyone else . I don ' t judge people based on their sexuality . <| sep |> I glossed over the rest of my journey with mental health treatment , and maybe accidentally made it look like I haven ' t been proactive . No problem and no need to apologize . Thanks for clearing that up , it sounds like you ' ve been vigilant in trying to get to the bottom of the depression , and that ' s something to be very proud of . My question is more about how I can make things easier for my mum when this is my situation and what I ' m dealing with . I ' m sorry if my post made it sound like the only thing I do to deal with my depression is call my mum . It would be more accurate to say she ' s just the only person who I have a personal relationship with , i . e . not a doctor or teacher who I don ' t lie to about what ' s going on . I am really , really , really serious about improving my health , it ' s literally my life ' s purpose at this point . That ' s why I feel ashamed I can ' t give my mum good news . Don ' t feel ashamed , sometimes life is hard and it isn ' t all rosy . If you ' re looking for ways to make it easier on her , you might be able to lessen the level of detail that you give her on the occasions when you don ' t have good news . When you have a close relationship it ' s easy to speak freely but there might be some information that she might find particularly stressful that you can leave out . An example let ' s say hypothetically that you ' re trying a new medication , but the side effects made you feel so ill that you couldn ' t keep food down . The details of you throwing up might upset your mom by nature moms will worry , so it would suffice to tell her that the meds don ' t seem to be helping and that you ' re going to speak with the doctor about trying something new . That way you ' re you ' re keeping her appraised of what ' s going on while holding back some information that would just worry her needlessly . I ' m not advocating that one shouldn ' t tell her when something is wrong , just think carefully about how much detail she needs to understand the general situation . Also , try to focus on the positive when you speak with her about how things are going , you ' re still in the process of figuring out what works and what doesn ' t . It ' s important to forgive yourself , love yourself , and to keep trying .