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Around me, decorum is everything. Making use of your resources to get guidance is seen as a weakness, like youve got some subordinating condition. I had to practically beg my own mother to see someone, it was horrifying how ironically she outright denied or maybe just ignored what I felt was depression and essentially emotional paralysis. She didnt want to think her son needed therapy- like it was folding my cards or something. All this stigma eventually made me feel like it genuinely was a last resort, like I had to try absolutely everything else before I could have a conversation with a professional.