Why can't my parents understand that I am not choosing to be depressed?
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Last Updated: 05/25/2021 at 1:17am
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Tracy-Kate Teleke, PsyD, M.A., LMFT
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I assist adults and couples in CA experiencing relationship challenges and interpersonal struggles including anxiety, depression, and a myriad of other life challenges.
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Depression affects everyone during their life, it can manifest itself in different ways and if your a person struggling with depression it can be very difficult to express these thoughts in a healthy way. it also does not help if family has little to no understanding of mental health, and that's where it can become quite tricky. no one chooses to be depressed, it just happens sometimes, other times it is brought on by a trigger or event. no matter what though with these thoughts it can be very hard to tell someone exactly how you are feeling and even harder for others to understand.
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