Im straight up not having a good time

this is one problem thats not uncommon to see. The low self thats commonplace with mental issues like depression often buddy up with the common response to mental issues (assuming its all for attention) to make the person question themselves like this. I mean hell ive got my whole life's worth of experience dealing with shit and i still have problems sometimes with this very thing. Not only is this a problem just in general it also makes it much harder for a person to reach out for help. One irl example of why this is a problem is that when I had problems with self harm i wouldn't let myself tell anyone because no matter how bad it got i was still convinced that my wanting to reach out about it was just wanting attention.