If only you could get the help you need.

25

I don't want to be someone who self diagnoses but I can't seek a diagnosis for anxiety or depression as my parents don't believe in mental illness.

From:
Iowa City, Iowa, US

It's just making things worse.

26

My parents don't believe in mental illness. It's just making me more depressed than I already am.

From:
LÃ¤nsirinne, EtelÃ¤-Savon maakunta, FI

OMG.

27

I have schizophrenia but my parents don't believe in mental illness so I don't any medication.

They're the kind of people who thinks praying will fix everything -_-

From:
Somewhere

It's not so simple.

28

I don't know how to ask my parents for help with my depression because they don't "believe" in mental illness

From:
Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, US

Explains a lot.

29

My mom doesn't believe mental illness is a thing, which explains how she thinks some of the stuff she does is normal.

From:
Cleveland, Ohio, US

You can't win.

30

My mom doesn't believe in mental illness and because of that I'm unable to get help. It's ironic that she's the reason I need help, and also the reason I can't get it.

From:
Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania, US

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