Depression Advice

Okay, I am going to now talk about a well known type of disease, it's called depression, I have had depression for a long time, I was recently prescribed by a doctor medication to help me deal with my depression. Now, depression isn't something that I normally talk about, due to the fact I am very closed about myself personally, but I know this will help people in the long run. Everyone is effected by depression differently, some people can handle it, some people can't, for about 11 years I "handled" my depression, but the way I handled it was dangerous and bad for my personal health. I bottled up my emotions, my feelings, and just didn't react to things the way I was suppose to. Which made me burst in anger or frustration, making me prone to outbursts. I had to make a change in the way I handled my depression, I turned to spiritual means, I found comfort in Witchcraft, magic and all those types of things, but in the end, I still practice, but it's not something I look into for help, it could only take me so far. I personally didn't like talking to people about my depression, I was sort of afraid, after my school counselor blamed my parents for the things wrong with me, I stopped going to her, my parents are not to blame for my depression. I stopped talking to people about it for a long while, until they started getting sever, I would think about killing myself over and over again, it got to a point were I broke down crying. I finally talked to my mum, she and I decided it was time for me to see a doctor for a professional opinion, so, on May 26, 2017, I went to the doctors and he said because of me not feeling comfortable talking to a stranger because of my anxiety, he would prescribe me medication for my depression. I felt relieved, for the first time, I felt hope, so my advice to anyone that is depressed, please talk to someone, not just anyone, but someone who will listen to you, who will talk to you not down but to you. I know how it feels to have someone talk down to you, like you are a child, you want someone who will listen and talk to you.