do I need a diagnosis to seek help?

[Lightswitch]

How do I get a diagnosis? Do I have to go to Hospital? I can get a therapy appointment virtually to talk. I want to know the how and why of the symptoms and feelings I have. I do not just want a band aid to survive longer. It is getting harder to hide the cracks. if I start to crumble I wont stop until the dam has broken. I don't want to crush or hurt those around me with my mess of a mental state. I don't want pity or to look foolish. I want to be peaceful and confident in who I am and who I am truly meant to be. I just don't know who that is right now. I am to busy people pleasing, never saying know, keeping busy to keep distracted, and living up to others never reachable expectations.

[mmmmww]

If you are in the UK you can self refer to mental health services, you don't need a diagnosis from a Dr. In my area, the service is called vitaminds, if you are UK then search this, they should be able to point you in the right direction.If you are in a different country, then try a search for "self referral mental health services" you may have some available.

[Lightswitch in reply to mmmmww]

thanks. I am in the US.