Ever since I was 10 I remember seeing a therapist and/or talking to counselors. The majority of them weren’t really that good because most of my problems were dealing with having social issues with other people as well as depersonalization and anxiety in high school (which was fixed by taking anti-depressants).

For the past 4 years of not seeing one I have had many events happen (both positive and negative). Most of the negative events definitely impacted my mental health but I think I tried to tell myself “you’re a man and you need just get over it”. Also being gay I feel like nobody will really understand what my problems are, even though I am out.

All I want to say is that I’m somewhat excited to fix my problems now that I’m an adult and need to stop randomly talking to my family and friends about my problems who either can’t really professionally help me or don’t care.