This is a good idea. Depression is a medical illness, it needs treated. A good therapist can help you discover the roots of your depression and be an ally in your struggle to get better, since it sounds like your family is not able to give much emotional support.
Self-medicating is still medicating, which means there’s a problem it’s trying to treat. Seek out healthy treatment for it so you don’t have to rely on self-medication. If you’ve had any kind of trauma in your life–even something not commonly viewed by average people as trauma-inducing like cold or emotionally neglectful parents–then you should seek out a therapist specializing in trauma and addiction.
No one is doomed, even Bojack wasn’t doomed.
This is a good idea. Depression is a medical illness, it needs treated. A good therapist can help you discover the roots of your depression and be an ally in your struggle to get better, since it sounds like your family is not able to give much emotional support.
Self-medicating is still medicating, which means there’s a problem it’s trying to treat. Seek out healthy treatment for it so you don’t have to rely on self-medication. If you’ve had any kind of trauma in your life–even something not commonly viewed by average people as trauma-inducing like cold or emotionally neglectful parents–then you should seek out a therapist specializing in trauma and addiction.
Best of luck to you.