Hello Coldplay, it's not easy expressing how you feel because you can never be sure family or friends will take you seriously, and that's why we tend to pretend that everything is OK, when in fact it's not.
If you have lost a lot of money then people may only criticise you, but this isn't what you want, you people to try and understand why, as this isn't a situation where someone is better than someone else, when depression is involved it incorporates many issues.
No one needs to know when you see a psychologist because your doctor can give you a mental health plan, which entitles you to 20 Medicare paid sessions to visit a psych, so you won't be out of pocket.
Don't worry if you tend to cry, because I'm sure most of us have done this and I certainly have many times, so a way to help you is to write down, in point form, rather than an essay, what are your major problems, then the psych can then read what you've written down and then approach various topics at will and do it it slowly depending on how you are coping.
Geoff.
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