I had been searching for therapy for 5 years. My dad is strictly religious and feels that mental health issues are between you and God, not to be discussed with any other human beings. I'm religious, too, but I realized that God's not going to magically solve everything for me, and that I had to put some work into it. I went to college, I'm in therapy now for a year, but my parents do not know this, thankfully. If they knew, I would be cut off completely. It's really a pathetic situation.