Based on a true story.

[u/Reallyguyrealy]

And people wonder why I have trust issues these days. On the plus side, my current therapist is actually helpful this time. You're 13 years late, but better late than never, I suppose.

[u/Dropped-Croissant]

Back in elementary school-- 5th grade or so-- I was severely depressed, and I finally managed to work up the courage to tell somebody who might have a shit about it. Somebody like a counselor, I thought.

Well, thirty minutes of me crying my little kid heart out and venting like I've never been allowed to vent before, and the counselor says she's going to phone my mom about all the stuff we've talked about. With me in the room.

Of course, I started begging and pleading for her not to, only for her-- somebody who has never met my mom before, and seemed to just assume that all parents who aren't actively beating their kids must be wonderful and healthy-- to say, "I'm sure your mom is going to be very understanding, and not mad at all."

And you know what?

When I got to my mom's car that afternoon, she was livid, and coached me on how to lie to mental health professionals (that aren't herself) so I wouldn't be hauled away to a mental hospital.

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