Today has been bad. Really the last week or so has been bad. I was freaking out because a friend who is important to me wasn't calling me back despite what I thought were several attempts to reach her. It seems she doesn't check home phone messages often, but it felt to me like she was ignoring me and that hurt.

Then my neighbor of over 20 years started to tell me how I should fix the mess on my back porch. I do have a mess there and I understand the potential problem of mice but why does she think she has the right to tell me how to deal with it. My perspective is that even though people don't understand my depression they sure know how I should fix it.

Put the two situations together and I am struggling to cope.

How have you dealt with people deciding they know what is best for you? it isn't always easy just to turn them off. I live alone and feel like I really have to fend for myself in a big world.