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Please elaborate on your experiences with this. This certainly sounds like an ugh field.
Even taken at face value, one failed attempt at gaining professional help isn't particularly good evidence that the entire mental health field isn't going to be productive. As with anything that involves dealing with people, and especially with deep emotional rapport with people, there's going to be a lot of individual variation between mental health professionals and it may be necessary to shop around.
That probably isn't going to sound very encouraging to anyone in a position to need it, but it is what it is.
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What flavour of therapy was it?
I don't know.
First, I think this post was a good idea, and thanks for taking the time to write it and for putting yourself out there.
Consider reading about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy, and see whether that was the strategy which your therapist used. If not you might want to broach the topic with your parents and see whether they'll find you a therapist who will use CBT. Worth a shot, although it's [not necessarily efficacious in depression].
On the other hand CBT does not work for all people. I'd really suggest for you to have and/or "buy" some fun. Selfishness in the short run is often for the good of everyone in the long run.