This week-end ,my parents went to help me change furniture in my flat.
Yesterday was nice and okay -Ikea afternoon, with meal there, love it- , but exhausting.

And today were we had so much planned up ... woke up with periods. The first 12 hours I'm usually in bed 'cos pain and hormonal drive.

Today I clenched my teeth and tried do my best.
But there was a time were I clearly saw it was time to stop. Told it, but ... they told me we should finish off before night. Went on. Told them.a second time when my Dad fell from a chair, but they urged me to had dinner and finsh off.
Until I broke a piece of the dressing out of anger and had a big panic attack.
My mum just yield at me (I'm 24), telling I should take more upon myself, that I react like a 3 yo.
Sure, SHE has had to deal with much more pressure with period (she's a trained nurse). But how can I make her understand I'm not like her, that I've got MH issues and am grown-up enough to set my own limits ? I should not have listen and stop when it was time.
But it was my parents who came just to help me, could'nt let them do it all alone ...

So how do you tell you relative you need a break right now, and it's not laziness or bad will but special needs ?
And how do you deal with close relatives how don't admit you have MH issues ? #Depression #relatives #setlimits