When I'm Feeling Blue ...

I've noticed that when I'm feeling down and try and express this, my friends etc don't really know how to respond. They're so used to seeing Debbie as the strong, full of advice, positive, cheery one ... they just freeze up. Literally. I don't get a response to my "cry". This makes me even sadder.

I've become so accustomed to dealing with things myself that people just think I can cope, I can't (very often) - then it just comes out. I need to rectify this as it just makes things harder for me to deal with.