For a while now, I've had anxiety and depression. But I had been hiding it from everyone as I was/still am scared of the reactions. I've even had suicidal thoughts at times. But today, I couldn't take the pressure. I was walking around my room stressing out when I went to the fridge to eat something. My dad was there and I was just about to cry. While I was getting out grapes, he told me to sit down and talk about something that happened at school (I got a bad test score (and getting told this by my teacher was torture and apparently, it was obvious)). He told me about the test and how he only cares if I try my best but despite telling me this, I still cried. We talked for a minute or so when this was the conversation that followed -

"Is this the only thing you're anxious about?"

*unsure* "Yes"

"I feel like there's a 'but'"

I told him about my anxiety. I told him that I was a very anxious person and that basically everyday, I would freak out about the most irrational things and that I'd been hiding it from everyone for quite a while. But I didn't tell him about my depression. I regret having not telling him about that as I know I should but I feel as if I physically can't. But I'm glad that I told him something. I won't go into much further detail at this point.

How did you guys tell your parents/friends/other about your mental health issue/how did they find out?