I Was Forced to Reveal My Mental Illness and I Am Grateful

Introduction: Why I Always Hid My Mental Illness

There was a time I was terrified of people learning about my sickness.

One would think otherwise, looking at the articles I have written over the past three years. But I was not always comfortable discussing my ‘illness’, an umbrella term for my clinical depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder. In fact, I was petrified.

Silly as that feels now, back then I had several reasons:

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