Hello everyone,

I've been wrestling with some questions lately, and I just wanted to use these forums to vent a little. I've been going to therapy for almost four weeks now, and I would like to say that I have gained a new perspective on the way in which I think about myself. However, my parents do not know that I am going to therapy, and lately it's getting harder and harder to keep that information from them, as my T is recommending that I go on medication. It's coming to the point where I just have to tell them. So how? We all have our masks, our facades that we display to the outside world to show that we have everything put together. How do I tell my Mom that her exemplary young adult isn't even halfway decent? How do I tell my little brother that his role model is a fraud? How do I tell my Dad that he has to be concerned about me, and that I am far more broken than he has ever been?

I don't want to face my family with my issues, heck, I don't even want to face my issues myself. All I ever do to cope is distract myself anyway, but I guess I'm just an idiot like that. You don't have to answer any of these questions, I certainly don't expect anyone to have all the answers. I just wanted to open up a bit.