For the longest time I was afraid to come forward and say "I think I have depression."

After years of online people attacking others for self-diagnosing, I was afraid of being told what I was feeling was normal and I was overreacting.

But most of all I was afraid of no diagnosis. I was so terrified a doctor would look at me and say they had no idea what was wrong with me. Because if there was no cure for how I felt, what the fuck was I supposed to do? How in the world was I going to survive?