I Need Someone to Talk to

Just because someone is paid to listen to your issues doesn't mean that they don't want to help...they are paid because it's a profession! They are paid because THEY paid a lot to go to school because they had a passion for HELPING people and a want to do so! They wanted to learn the best ways to help others! You wouldn't say, "I'm not going to a Dr just because I'm sick and they only get paid to make me better!", that would be absurd, they help you get well and are paid for the training and schooling that they had to purchase! If you are depressed and nobody can help, then you take the best option there is for you where you can speak in private and know that nobody else will hear, you go to a therapist to have someone who is ON YOUR TEAM and SIDE and can help you strategize how to get happier and give you helpful suggestions as to how to cope with the things in your life that are hard to cope with.

If you're struggling every day, or nearly every day, then you without a doubt need to talk to someone, not everyone in here is going to know what to say or how to help you cope, that is simply factual. You need to actually WANT to get help instead of wallowing in sadness and self pity. We have all done it before, felt like we weren't worth it or didn't want to go to therapy because we are stubborn, but all that does is delay happiness and it basically means you aren't being KIND to yourself.