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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Irish Catholic, so I know where you're coming from. Just start with something basic. Like, "I've been feeling depressed for *such and such an amount of time*, and I don't really know how to deal with it." You don't have to unload your life story all at once, just start a dialogue that actually makes it explicit that something is up. Enough so that they have something to respond to. More in-depth discussions will likely happen with time.
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Snap, I am also Irish Catholic (Granddad is).
I am one of those people that internalise their feelings and don't tend to tell my parents if I'm really struggling because they are going through their own personal problems.