I Was Forced to Reveal My Mental Illness and I Am Grateful

<h1>Introduction: Why I Always Hid My Mental Illness</h1> There was a time I was terrified of people learning about my sickness. One would think otherwise, looking at the articles I have written over the past three years. But I was not always comfortable discussing my ‘illness’, an umbrella term for my clinical depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder. In fact, I was petrified. Silly as that feels now, back then I had several reasons: <a href="https://medium.com/invisible-illness/i-was-forced-to-reveal-my-mental-illness-and-i-am-grateful-3812cd45613b">Website</a>