I’ve been suffering from depression and anxiety for about eleven years now. I recently started taking medication for it since therapy hasn’t really been helping me. I would say that I am doing better because of the medication. I am struggling with this on my own because I know for a fact that my parents will freak out from knowing that I’ve been suffering this way. Mental illness is not typically discussed in my family. I haven’t told them because of that and because I don’t want to be more of a burden to them. I’ve found that attending Depression Anonymous group meetings really helped because I’m able to interact with people who actually know how I feel and what I am going through. I encourage anyone else who is suffering to find help because whatever you are going through will pass.