Iv struggled with my mental health since elementary school. Over the years things have gotten worse and worse.  For years my close friends/ partners have told me that I need to go to the doctors and get help , however I never took their advice. Now at 24 years old I’m ready to make that step but the thought terrifies me. I tried talking with my step mom once and she pretty much laughed in my face and asked me why I thought I needed help, I could tell she didn’t believe me.  Im afraid that when I go to the doctors they are going to do the same thing, I really don’t even know what to say to them.