Leah shared her struggle with mental health only after she was feeling better.

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Interviewer: Yeah. And did you also discuss it with your family and friends? Or was it more something you kept –?

Just between me and my husband, I would say, yeah.

Interviewer: And was there a reason – did you feel a need to do so?

Maybe not. Well, I think more at the beginning, like there was just kind of another wave of COVID here. So we were just kind of keeping to ourselves a bit more. And I well, that actually – I did discuss it with some friends after I was on the medication and feeling better. And I kind of like recounted the story a bit. But yeah, when I was in it, yeah, it was just – we just sort of kept it between me and my husband. Yeah, I guess, I guess part of it, too is – and I guess I’ve always felt that with depression they – you see all these commercials. Just go talk to someone, go talk to someone, but I always thought that was so stupid and so lame because nobody wants to be around a depressed person. What can my friends really do to help me?

You know what I mean, they can’t come. They got kids of their own. They can’t come take care of my kids or – I know they want to help. But they can’t change the way I feel. And yeah, I guess I just feel I’m bringing them down for no gain. It’s not going to help me and it’s certainly not going to help them. And yeah, whenever you see that – I always – I’m like go talk to someone, you’re depressed. I get maybe if you’re at the point of doing something dangerous to hurt yourself or hurt someone else, that to help someone kind of talk you down from that. But I feel just everyday depression, I never really found it helpful. Most times people don’t know what to say. And yeah, I just feel like I’m bringing them down.

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