Seeking help for your mental well-being

It took me 6 years and three attempts on my life before I sought treatment for my mental illness. Apparently I'm not alone.

Check out this link. Props to NPR.org:
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/12/02/504131307/study-vast-majority-of-people-who-are-depressed-do-not-seek-help

TL;DR

• Protagonist lost 80% of friends while dealing with depression.
• "If we hide our mental health, it may remain a problem forever.
• People are often stigmatized to feeling mental illness is a result of personal weakness.
• Thus they don't seek treatment 
• In a study of fifty thousand in 21 countries 1/27 sought and found adequate help for mental illness.
• There needs to be an increase in awareness that depression is treatable.
• "If you feel something is wrong with you, seek help."

Hope all is well

Yours truly,

Mitch