
I recommend that you read it. You reach a level of enlightenment that you haven't had before. I thought I knew about my illness with depression and PTSD, but reading this, I come to an understanding that I don't really know. I know facts and what's on the website--but this manga goes further in-depth and explains the side to mental health that isn't really known. I really enjoy that it doesn't minimalize the person's worries or how they think and feel. ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

I've always had an inkling that I had depression, after learning a little bit about mental health in middle school. But I never thought that I really, really had it until I was admitted to the ER, after failing to commit suicide and saw a therapist (back then, mental health was horribly portrayed by the media and I thought that I had to be like those people on TV for me to be 'depressed').
I didn't have to take any medication and did some psychotherapy with my therapist. However, at that time I wasn't ready to face 16 years of trauma and stopped going--because as stupid as it sounded--I was ashamed. I still am to this day, but I try to think a little more positively since I now realize that I'll be leaving behind a lot of my friends and family who care for me.
I'm still afraid of going to see any therapist because I'll be looked at differently and don't feel normal. Some sounds still remind me of those years I don't want to remember and I can't help but be afraid although I know that I'm in a safe place. Hopefully, I'll gather enough courage one day to seek help again.
How is it ? I want to read it.