I have no idea how others feel about this, but I guess I’ll start. I’ve had self diagnosed depression for around 4 years and have told absolutely no one about how I’m feeling. Not a therapist. Not my so called “friends.” Not my parents. I have hid my self loathing and sadness from everyone because I’m afraid of what they’ll do if they find out. I don’t want to be judged by the people close to me. I don’t want to be hooked up on some medication or watched 24/7 to make sure I don’t hurt myself, because those will just make these feelings worse. I just want to talk to someone and just have them listen instead of telling someone else or having them judge me. I’m just scared I’ll never find anyone to talk to like that. It even took me like 5 tries to post this because I was afraid of what random strangers on the internet would think of me.