My irl best friend constantly downplays all my mental issues, they treat it like it's a joke. They tell me it's all I talk about when I barely talk about it to them. They treat the fact I should've been gone years ago as a joke. It really hurts. They're supposed to be my best friend but it feels like they don't care.
#Friend issues
lusty moth
cunning meteor
Frankly these aren't good true friends. Friends should care and be concerned for each others problems and well beings. Them being careless and treating it as a joke is messed up. You deserve to have friends that take your problems and well being seriously, and who will care, listen, and be there for you during tough times.
humble torrent
Care goes both ways, maybe if they feel like youre only asking for attention(which may immediatly sound bad, but its what anyone does almost everything for) without also being open to them.
Thats just a possibility tho i dont know the specific circumstances to make any real judgement here. Most likely tho they are just in an environment mentally where such things are automatically pushed away, anything about mental problems. Which as long as youre mentally ok it is the best way to stay mentally ok.
All this is just yapping tho, as for anything you can actually do is, either suck it up and accept that that is what youll be living like/with. Or just look for new friends, irl, thats important. You dont need to push the current ones away for that to happen either, you can join clubs or associations with the type of people you feel good with. Thats alot more effort and daring then the previous option.
Of course its best to first approach them directly with this problem, and see what results of that.
Also a little extra, alot of opinions youll get on forems like this are very one directional, like that they are automatically bad friends. Thats a big reason why irl input is so important as to not get stuck.
Im open to reflect on any view/opinion if youre interested at some point.