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Depression is already an exhausting and painful battle. Everyday chores get neglected, going to school and work becomes a struggle, and it’s hard to get out of bed every morning when your alarm goes off. The whole world is moving, except for you. It feels like someone pushed the pause button and your life stopped playing. You know you need to reach out to your parents, but how? You don’t want them to think you’re a drama queen (or king). “It’s fine,” you’re scared they’ll say, “you’re just having a bad week.”

Every day, they rush to get to work and come home to make sure dinner is prepared on time. You can feel the word HELP welling up inside your throat, but you don’t know how to cough it up without crying. Why is the world more preoccupied with painting normalcy instead of being vulnerable? We understand how intimidating it is to approach your parents when you need them the most. Psych2Go shares with you 5 ways to talk about depression with your parents:

1. Know that there’s nothing wrong with asking for your parents’ help.

There is still a strong stigma attached to mental health disorders like depression, which often makes people feel ashamed or embarrassed to talk about it, but know that you’re not alone. In fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. I know it may not seem like it when depression can be an all-consuming disorder that takes a lot out of you, but understand that it doesn’t define who you are. It’s just something that you…

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