I am now officially on antidepressants and, unless I want to pay for everything out of pocket, I will soon need to tell my mom about it because I have health insurance through her. The problem is that, well, she kicked me out of the house over the summer. She also appears to have completely forgotten about the incident, acting as though I left willingly, and I haven't dared to bring it up since. Any advice on how to talk to her about my depression (and, potentially, what happened)? I honestly have no idea how she'll respond. She might be supportive, or she might kick me off her health insurance come next year.
Is it possible to obtain the health insurance information without getting it from her? I know when I was setting up appointments for my hormone therapy I just scanned the card and my parents are none the wiser about my doctor's appointments or picking up pills (as of yet at least). I mean, I don't see a reason why you should be ashamed to tell her, but if you really don't want to I'm sure you could come up with something, like that you need it to get medication for blood pressure or something like that.
Hey if you are scared to talk to her in person, perhaps you could write her and letter and then send it to her or deliver it in person.
For the record, my mom has bipolar disorder and hasn't felt the need to seek treatment for it for almost 30 years. She is also passive-aggressive and has issues with anger management. If her behavior this summer is anything to go by, there is a very good chance that she will drop me from her health insurance plan when she finds out. And she will have to find out. From my understanding, she will be notified as soon as our health insurance is billed. Also, I don't have the time or the energy to concoct a story that would fool her. She's nosy enough that she will google whatever I tell her, and she does not accept "I don't want to talk about it" as an answer. I may try that. The biggest problem is that she will call me as soon as she gets the letter and will likely want to talk about the problem at length, something I do not want to do, especially since it will come to light that I've been lying to her these past few months when I said everything was fine.