My aunt's a Registered Nurse so I would assume she knows something about mental illness, even though she doesn't work directly with the mentally ill. But maybe not.

I've never been told by any professional, "You suffer from depression" but I don't need a doctor to tell me I've dealt with SI, suicidal thoughts and an attempt, and constant anguish since I was 12. I may not be "clinically depressed" because I don't have a piece of paper that says so but my aunt knows I've struggled. She just doesn't know the whole story and talks about it like she does. I try explaining to her the multitude of other problems I'm concerned about but one of those concerns is that it's difficult for me to understand what's wrong myself, and translate those concerns into words. And it's starting to piss me off because no one believes me, everyone I've tried talking about it with thinks I'm overreacting and it's making me think there's nothing to be concerned about too. :/ so I dunno what to do. I'd go to my doctor but she's on mat and so are the other like, three doctors there. There is one doctor covering for 4 so appointments have like, three month waiting lists or more.

Uugghh.