As one who is diagnosed, it is truly hard especially when a professional has pointed it out. You keep wondering if you're ever going to leave that pit of darkness or are you just going to be stuck there forever. Signs shouldn't go overlooked. People who suffer from mental illness tend to push help away, it is conflicting to decide whether we leave them alone or we persist in helping. But the last thing someone wants is for people to give up on them.
This takes a lot of perseverance and patience. It's hard, it truly is. But once you try to see things in a different light, really believe that you belong somewhere out there, and that despite of others helping only YOU can get yourself out. It may be hard to believe, but things DO get better. xx