I've just started to go through depression within the last 2-3 weeks now and I have told two people. One I just told today and the other person I told was the one who said I should go get help for it. I have hid my normal sad mood for years, or at least never have gotten treatment for it, though it was suggested by a social worker that I should have a few years ago. I personally have gone through at least one period of major depression in the past, maybe two, so it's not unfamiliar this experience.

It feels nice to tell someone, but the times I have I have either started to cry or wanted to cry. I feel it's hard. Maybe it's because my social anxiety thrown into the mix adds that extreme fear of judgment, plus stigma makes me do this. Or it's because I'm depressed. Either way, it's hard to tell people for me, and why I haven't really told anyone about it until last week, since it has interfered with my school, which impacts my future. I was able to do things before but now it's really hard.