How do i (M/25) tell my overly emotional family that I'm about to start seeing a therapist?

I started getting depressed a few years ago while i was in the navy. I was primed for BAH, so i got an apartment with a friend and then things changed and i wasnt given BAH. So for 2 years i was paying my "half" of the rent, which was 500 of the 900 dollars i got as my pay check, on a 1350 rent. Then 250 for my car payment, 150 for my insurance, 60 for my phone and whatever else on food for 2 weeks all the while sleeping on the floor.

Long story short for a while i was subsiding on ramen and water with almost no positive net worth. It really took its toll. I was away from family, getting heavyset and eventually was kicked out for being too heavy. That effected my self esteem and boosted my depression and social anxiety. i had talked to a Chaplain a while back about depression, anxiety and Possibly suicidal thoughts but that all ended when i was separated.

Well, after getting kicked out, i went home to live with my parents. I got a job paying decent money, preparing to do my own thing and then i totaled my car and lost my job about 2 weeks apart. I got another job after burning through my savings but I'm both working nights and they recently cut my hours so I'm barely making ends meet. i have no drive to do anything, I just sleep. Nothing interests me anymore and i just feel that cold hand of depression coming back. So i talked to my insurance and i can see a psychiatrist for 4 dollars a session essentially. So i scheduled an appointment a few weeks from now to talk about my anxiety and depression.

Only, my older brother just recently (last month) got out of a hospital mental ward where he spent 2 weeks for depression and suicidal thoughts, and just 2 days ago my grandpa went in for a major heart surgery they werent sure he would survive. (he did). I just feel like even though I'm getting the help i need my family is in a state of emotional...weakness? And they've been known to explode emotionally for less than this. I'm just not sure how to tell them I'll be seeing a shrink

TL;DR family has been known to blow things out of the water and with the recent "tragic" events i dont want them to worry

Submitted April 21, 2019 at 05:28AM

I started getting depressed a few years ago while i was in the navy. I was primed for BAH, so i got an apartment with a friend and then things changed and i wasnt given BAH. So for 2 years i was paying my "half" of the rent, which was 500 of the 900 dollars i got as my pay check, on a 1350 rent. Then 250 for my car payment, 150 for my insurance, 60 for my phone and whatever else on food for 2 weeks all the while sleeping on the floor.Long story short for a while i was subsiding on ramen and water with almost no positive net worth. It really took its toll. I was away from family, getting heavyset and eventually was kicked out for being too heavy. That effected my self esteem and boosted my depression and social anxiety. i had talked to a Chaplain a while back about depression, anxiety and Possibly suicidal thoughts but that all ended when i was separated.Well, after getting kicked out, i went home to live with my parents. I got a job paying decent money, preparing to do my own thing and then i totaled my car and lost my job about 2 weeks apart. I got another job after burning through my savings but I'm both working nights and they recently cut my hours so I'm barely making ends meet. i have no drive to do anything, I just sleep. Nothing interests me anymore and i just feel that cold hand of depression coming back. So i talked to my insurance and i can see a psychiatrist for 4 dollars a session essentially. So i scheduled an appointment a few weeks from now to talk about my anxiety and depression.Only, my older brother just recently (last month) got out of a hospital mental ward where he spent 2 weeks for depression and suicidal thoughts, and just 2 days ago my grandpa went in for a major heart surgery they werent sure he would survive. (he did). I just feel like even though I'm getting the help i need my family is in a state of emotional...weakness? And they've been known to explode emotionally for less than this. I'm just not sure how to tell them I'll be seeing a shrinkTL;DR family has been known to blow things out of the water and with the recent "tragic" events i dont want them to worry