One's suffering, one's melancholy is, in itself, really only looked upon as failure or as punishment, as detestable or sinful or socially unacceptable in the eyes of man; but this is not so in the eyes of God: for He is close to the broken-hearted.
love heartbreak passion sadness pain loss god suffering heart sin compassion empathy grief tears caring emotions healing losing crying broken-heart stress anxiety unconditional-love failure feelings sorrow misery depression man broken melancholy punishment sickness christ sympathy adversity guilt apologetics cure grief-and-loss distress affliction crushed detestable gloom socially-acceptable socially-unacceptable
And if we do speak out, we risk rejection and ridicule. I had a best friend once, the kind that you go shopping with and watch films with, the kind you go on holiday with and rescue when her car breaks down on the A1. Shortly after my diagnosis, I told her I had DID. I haven't seen her since. The stench and rankness of a socially unacceptable mental health disorder seems to have driven her away.