TLDR: I’m too scared to ask my parents that I’m not close to to help me get therapy and I have no idea what to say.
 
hey guys! I’m kind of in a weirdish situation. I have had pretty bad depression and anxiety/social anxiety since high school, and I’ve never really been good about asking for help. My parents found out my sophomore year, and I don’t know if I got officially diagnosed but they took me to my pediatrician and they basically confirmed I have depression and anxiety. My mom didn’t want me to go on medication, but I went to therapy for a little bit but it honestly didn’t really help (my parents are religious and took me to a Christian therapist. The approach this therapist took was not helpful in any way) . While I’ve never been super close to my parents (tbh I don’t like to tell them anything), my mom was super worried about me and I think that’s also why I kind of hid it. But anyways high school went by and things did start to improve for me, but then the pandemic hit and my mental health declined horribly and I basically feel like I’m in the same spot again. I want to get help, I’m tired of living in this mental state that affects everything I do and I know that I cannot get better without help. However, I am really scared to ask my parents for help. I’m a college freshman, so I’m still kind of dependent on them and this isn’t really something I could hide from them. Are there any ways I could tell my parents how I’ve been feeling and how I want help, without them worrying too much/revealing too much? I know this might seem like a stupid question but I’m not really ~close~ with my parents and I hate telling them anything about me and I don’t really know how to approach this. I don’t want my parents to think I’m s*ic*dal (I am genuinely not,I just want help with my crippling anxiety), but I don’t know how to make them not assume the worst.Sorry for such a long and messy post. Thank you for reading and thanks for any advice :)