Never ashamed of counseling

I have had the pleasure of being in therapy for over 10yrs.
I believe that it is the goal to life, and it should be viewed as helpful not 'oh she's crazy she goes to therapy".
Things haven't been very great to me over the last 10years so I have been benefitting from counseling; it's a great resource to have that special someone to talk to. When you have someone that can understand your issues and has a degree to help you out, why not use them as a tool to help you work through those things!

A few of my friends have always looked at me awkwardly, saying "what do you need them for, I am here for you" or they would say "what do you learn; you don't look like you have many problems". One thing I can tell you 'never judge a book by its cover' because once you do the impression is mostly wrong. I, myself don't look like I have issues but I do. They aren't the kind that stick out and look obvious, I don't have any tumors or scars that are exposed and that are my issue no... it's deeper then that, maybe there are many people in the world who have issues that are not yelling out the window "look at me".

So when people mention "I think I need help" I often tell them about therapy and how good it's treated me. Sharing my story helps other get over the stigmata or the stereo-type of therapy patients.

My family
At first they didn't like the idea I was the second person to attend counseling. The first was my aunt and her problem was shared among the family she had 2 children in prison, so she had a 'good reason' to get help. They said she was depressed because her kids were gone and she was left with a guilty feeling being the bad mom ect... I on the other hand did not have an issue so extreme; they couldn't find a way to cope with my reason. Since I was little I always had issues with; homework, school, friends, my mom. There are many things that my family couldn't understand I didn't expect them too. My grandpa has depression and grew up with severe anger issues but he never attended any kind of therapy. So issues run in my family I am sure it runs around everywhere just have to look a bit harder.

It's never to late to get help. I recommend anyone to talk to someone about any problem they have. Talking helps, even if its just a little chit-chatting here and there...