With any thread like this, you seem to get a lot of people joining in saying, 'don't just look at him; I've got problems too!'. It's most likely because people want to have the attention, though it also makes you realise you're not alone in your problems. I can only really talk from personal experience here, so I'll see if I can make a good moral of the story at the end of it. Until fairly recently, I used to see a councillor on a regular basis. I don't really want to go into the reasons why, but I'll just say I had some issues. The thing is, I stopped seeing her, by my own choice. The reason was because I felt I could not be open to her about myself, and about my problems. The result of that was that I still wasn't any better after seeing her, and was pretty much a waste of time. It did not help me at all. I say to you, if you feel like you really want to go ahead and see this councillor to 'help' you through your depression, then do so, but don't hold anything back. I know it's hard - I couldn't do it - but I feel you're more open to humans than I. Another thing I wish to say is that if you don't feel like you want to have any help, then don't. Do not let anyone force you to go through it if you don't want to, as it is a scary thing, and you'll need to be certain in your mind that it is what you want to do. Look both ways before you cross the street.
