Mental Health Information

She thinks people who seek help for mental health issues are weak. It's a huge disappointment to her that her sister, her Mom an Aunt, are on meds. Their conditions are a big family secret that would somehow badly reflect on her, if known.

She'd not only not take the first step, by acknowledging there even MIGHT be a problem, but if she did, she'd seek help from a clerk in a health food store before considering consulting a Doctor. Before the "change" she went to the required yearly check-up needed to continue her birth control pills. Since, she won't visit a Doctor at all. She's not rational about it and doesn't realize and won't admit it and likely wouldn't discuss it without a major anger explosion.

I feel like I'm between the proverbial rock and hard place. I feel like some weights been lifted by being able to talk about this, just touch on it really, with some of you. At the same time I feel, by doing so, I've committed some major act of betrayal. I've never cheated on her, but I'm imagining the guilt I'm feeling might feel close to that of a cheater.