I only emailed them, never called. It took 2 weeks for a reply. I waited each time while I was depressed. I found that I often regret writing the emails because I was ashamed to tell others. This lasted for about a year or so.

It didn't really help because I was always regretful of expressing myself.

Then, I got myself a journal and just wrote my feelings. It helped me because no one else understood me, I felt. When I reached out, I was never expecting advise but just someone to listen to me, but I always regret because I felt ashamed. I have some deep issues stemming from my childhood, so that fucked me up until now.

For me, I find it best to just write in my journal whenever I am depressed or just do things like watch videos to get my mind off things or even just sleep.

Everyone's different.