6 Things That Scared Me About Going on Antidepressants

<p>I&rsquo;ve noticed that in my time writing about mental health, there are different levels of acceptance for topics. I can discuss my depression or anxiety, but not my borderline personality disorder. I can talk about my anorexia but not my bulimia. I can discuss depression or therapy, but antidepressants feel different.</p> <p>We&rsquo;ve come further in fighting the mental health stigma but we still pick and choose what&rsquo;s included in that. I&rsquo;m guilty of that as well in the topics I choose to discuss, and those that feel too frightening. I get told that I&rsquo;m &ldquo;brave&rdquo; for discussing things when I have a list of topics that feel too embarrassing to put into words.</p> <p>This is one of those topics. I started antidepressants a few weeks ago and it felt harder than all the other parts of my mental illness. I struggled to admit it to my friends and family, and I even struggled to come to terms with the decision myself.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/invisible-illness/6-things-that-scared-me-about-going-on-antidepressants-7a166f04315">Click Here</a></p>