Today, my depression has seemingly hit a new low when I barely reacted at all to my sister excitedly telling me that I'm going to be an uncle. I'm not going to be a fun one at this rate. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my niece will be born in about three months, and I just realized I'm more excited about my mom no longer being on my case about when I'm going to make her a grandma than I am about being an uncle. FML
Today, I found out I'm an uncle. Normally this would be great news, except I have spent the last 8 years thinking I was her father. FML
Today, my dad stood by and nodded in agreement as my sister told me that my clinical depression is "getting REALLY old." FML
Today, my sister announced her pregnancy at my husband's funeral. FML
Today, my girlfriend told me she was pregnant. She also said I'm going to be an uncle. FML
Today, it was the birth of my first child but it's been anything but a happy time because just a couple of days ago, my wife lost four relatives in a single day (both of her siblings, her father, and grandmother). Neither of us are excited about today at all. FML
Today, I'm incredibly supportive and positively motivating my sister-in-law, bringing her out of post-partum depression. Why? Because her husband (my brother-in-law) forced me into depression to the point of multiple life ending attempts when I was in a similar situation. I'm good to all, except myself. FML
Today, I just came out of a two-year long depression. I'm finally starting to feel normal, so of course I get a message that my grandmother might have less than a year to live. FML
Today, I was telling my sister about how I am horribly depressed and how I can't function and she responded with, "Oh, shit! I've got to go Jeopardy is on!" FML
Today, we're right now at the hospital because my sister had a miscarriage. Last night I announced on Instagram that I was going to be aunt. FML
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Top comments
Anderling 33
Whatever mental help you're getting right now, if any, it doesn't seem to be working. Is there any chance of you finding a (different) psychiatrist to work with?
RichardPencil 32
Fun Uncle (aka Funcle) is a difficult role to pull off. You can be "Rich Uncle" that just requires cash and no other personality. For the first few years, it's pretty affordable. The "quarter behind your ear" trick entertains and delights for a while before you need to come up with more expensive tricks. Or you could learn the disappearing cheesecake trick. Uncles seem to be doing it lately.
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Anderling 33
Whatever mental help you're getting right now, if any, it doesn't seem to be working. Is there any chance of you finding a (different) psychiatrist to work with?
RichardPencil 32
Fun Uncle (aka Funcle) is a difficult role to pull off. You can be "Rich Uncle" that just requires cash and no other personality. For the first few years, it's pretty affordable. The "quarter behind your ear" trick entertains and delights for a while before you need to come up with more expensive tricks. Or you could learn the disappearing cheesecake trick. Uncles seem to be doing it lately.
Chazzster 32
OP, depression is a serious condition and requires professional help. I hope you are getting that help. If not you need to… While the pregnancy of your sister is huge news for her - being an uncle or an aunt is a much lesser role and not necessarily something that’s going to change your life. Be yourself, you don’t have to be the fun uncle or the rich uncle.
Gubbon 17
At least you have self awareness, that's good.