All It Takes Is One by Colleen Finney

Author:Colleen Finney [Finney, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885041751
Publisher: NewDegreePress
Published: 2022-04-20T20:00:00+00:00

Telling My Parents and Friends

My story is chaotic, messy

doesn’t mean it can’t have

a happy ending.

I had to tell my parents that I was seeing a behavioral health specialist at some point. They would eventually figure it out anyway because their insurance was covering the cost of the appointments and the medicine I was on.

I started taking the medicine and going to appointments in October of my junior year of college. The spring semester before, I went home pretty much every other weekend, and I was home for the summer for three months, so my parents saw me quite a bit before my depression got really bad. Home has always been a place for me to escape when I’m feeling really stressed or unwell, which is largely why I went home as much as possible. Home is the only place I can let my guard down, de-stress, and reset my mindset.

My parents are always there to make me laugh and distract me from the chaos or darkness going on inside my head. I wasn’t trying to hide my depression from them, but I also wasn’t being open about it either. When I came home in October to tell them how I’d been feeling, I wasn’t sure how they were going to take it or react. To my surprise, they knew all along I was feeling depressed or that something along those lines was going on. They were so relieved and proud that I finally decided to do something about the depression.

Luckily, they know how I work. I can be very stubborn. Usually, if they tell me to do something, I don’t do it, or I do the complete opposite. Knowing this, they kept their mouths shut in fear that if they called me out and suggested I go get help, I would deny it completely and never do anything about it. They sat back and hoped I would figure it out on my own.

They were so relieved and proud that I finally decided to do something about the depression.

Looking back now, I’m so glad they didn’t say anything and let me come to the realization on my own. I was able to grow at my own pace without them interfering, and truth be told, I probably would’ve done exactly what they were afraid of. I can’t imagine how bad my mental health would’ve gotten if I hadn’t gotten help when I did.

I remember asking how they knew I was depressed. My dad said, “Depression has a face. I can see it in your eyes no matter how hard you try to hide it.” Then he told me that he had dealt with depression on and off for most of his life. I found out that it runs on both sides of my family, and that this is probably something I will deal with on and off for most of my life, too, because my brain could have the same chemical imbalance.

Telling my friends wasn’t planned at all. I swore to myself

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