I have only seen one once, and it was just for an IQ test when I was little. My sis went to one briefly, and I didn't see any improvement. My parents did marriage counseling for a bit as well, and it only helped while they were doing it.
I asked to go see one around the middle of high school (16-ish?). My parents kinda ignored it, though, since I said I didn't actually feel suicidal and just needed to talk to someone. I still have that feeling sometimes, but I have friends who I talk to mainly so we can rant back and forth. And my guy is surprisingly tolerant of my just babbling to him
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As far as medication, I may eventually have to be on it. My grandmother is on anti-depressants, and my sister and I both have depression pretty frequently. It's just the chemical imbalance, not any real issues we have. I'm just hoping I can keep fighting it off without medication, I get scared thinking of becoming dependent on pills