Why people may not seek treatment?

There are many people with undiagnosed mental health issues. There are also many who refuse seeking treatment despite being asked to do so by their family, friends, employer, or primary care giver.  Why is that? Why would not want to seek help and get better, or just figure out if they need help or not, when well-intended individuals advise them to do. Well, there can be many reasons:

1. They may not trust their privacy is honored. They may think this information will be shared with others, or be used against them in future.
2. They may not have a good health insurance and not have the financial means to seek help.
3. They may be too sick, too depressed to even see things clearly or have the energy and will power to do anything.
4. They may not see anything is wrong with them since that is the only way of life they have known. They have normalized and rationalized their behavior.
5. They think they are smart and capable enough to be able to cure themselves.
6. Subconsciously they do not believe they deserve to get better or have a better life.

While they may have good reasons to believe any of the above, not seeking treatment affects their quality of life and loved ones around them. The very first step, is to make an appointment. To accept help, or acknowledge needing it.