Hi, this is my first post here. I don't have a diagnosis because i never really reached for proper therapy, except like 10yrs ago when there was free consultation access in college.
I suffer from an eating disorder which i'd classify as an EDNOS, but i think it only acts as the main manifestation of a much deeper problem, which is that i've lived with a mixture of anxiety and depression that developped progressively during my upbringing and just keeps lingering forever, no matter how well my life goes today.
I grew up with a narcissistic mother and abusive/alcoholic father and following unhealthy relationships and other obstacles, i consciously opted out of suicide a few years back. But still, the sole act of living and getting by seems infinitely harder and heavier to me than to others and i don't even know if reaching out to therapy or medical treatment would help in any way or if it would just make me talk and find tricks to get by while carrying the extra weight forever anyway. I'm sick of this.
To people with anxiety and/or depression and/or EDs around here, what's your opinion on therapy? And on medication? Thanks