Therape and Mental Illness

Mental illness was not really viewed as like an illness persay in my family. My parents grew up under significantly worse circumstances, yet i'm struggling with these feelings. I carried a lot of guilt because i thought, you know, the there has been no significant personal drama to me. And that guilt is actually what makes your thoughts fester and then you think, over own? It's so easy to cast judgment on yourself for having bad thoughts. That kind of denial made me just spiral into this downward spiral until finally eople were like ok, we need external help... Ye it's still helpful to learn coping mechanisms and different ways of thinking.