Hi I'm an 18m from Ireland, I had a depressive episode a year and a half ago and it ended up with me being close to ending my life. My parents ended up finding out and it was the lowest, most shameful and embarrassing moment of my life. I saw a therapist for around a year and hated the process, I felt belittled and foolish. I'm currently feeling simaler to how I did last year and I want to seek help and stop this before I try something silly. But I refuse to tell my parents or friends I just want to go to a doctor and have them help me the professional way. I can't go to my parents again I almost broke them. I've never seen my dad cry but the night I had my incident last year he balled and it still upsets me to this day.

So I'm just asking can I seek aid from a general practitioner or a doctor without then alerting my family.

Thanks for reading, I apologise if there is any spelling or grammar mistakes, as I am severely dyslexic.