What made me decide to start therapy
What triggered my depression
My parents lacking support for me
What I learned in college
Job applications
Master's program and student loans
Try to encourage networking and a more personal relationship with Cheryl
Kevin is a supportive, positive thing in my life
How I hide my feelings and what I wish I could have expressed years ago
Regressing to my 13-year-old self
The affair
Anxiety
Medication
Most girls around the age of 13 grow up close to their father, and then have to go through a period of "breaking up" with their dad in order to better form relationships with men in their lives. There ends up being feelings of rejection as the girl rejects her father. Because of what happened in my family, I missed out on that phase.
It was entirely, undoubtedly wrong for my parents to not even offer me a chance at therapy back then, when I could have used it the most.
If I am ever to go on medication again, it needs to be by my own choice, and handled by a professional psychiatrist. Not by a general practitioner or against my will. Antidepressants can help with both depression and social anxiety, and will sometimes perform better when given at therapeutic doses.