{"id":4199,"date":"2016-03-22T07:50:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T14:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2016-03-22T01:53:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T08:53:29","slug":"link-im-not-ashamed-say-go-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/03\/22\/link-im-not-ashamed-say-go-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; Why I&#8217;m Not Ashamed To Say I Go To Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2483,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1QMCqlD&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1QMCqlD&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Looking back, I realize now that\u2019s why I should have told people. To show them that, yes, someone with a mental illness can seem totally fine on the outside, but battle something on the inside. To show them that it\u2019s OK to get help for mental issues\u2014just like it\u2019s OK to go to the doctor for the flu, or the dentist for a cavity.\u00a0To show them that they\u2019re not alone if they too struggle with their thoughts and feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I know I\u2019m not alone. A staggering one\u00a0in five adults suffer from a mental illness in the U.S. in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. And 18.1 percent of adults\u2014that\u2019s 44 million people\u2014in the U.S. suffer specifically from anxiety disorders, according to Mental Health America. But sadly, there\u2019s still a stigma surrounding getting help for mental illnesses.\u00a0Only about a third of people suffering from depression seek help from a mental health professional, and the MHA explains it\u2019s because they \u201cbelieve depression isn\u2019t serious, that they can treat it themselves or that it is a personal weakness rather than a serious medical illness.\u201d&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are losing too many people to depression to continue in silence. They need to know how common it is, and how many people have overcome it. How else will people see that there is life after depression?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1QMCqlD\">Why I&#8217;m Not Ashamed To Say I Go To Therapy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Looking back, I realize now that\u2019s why I should have told people. 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