Flowers of Adversity

Many of us have found movies and shows that we can relate to, media products that we have read and seen that describe exactly how we feel, without us having to talk to someone about it. We can simply watch, and relate to the characters because what they are going through, we are going through. Current social issues, though hard to talk about, need to be addressed and the media often does just that. Why is it hard for people to express how they feel? Are they afraid of what others will think of them? Are they scared nobody will believe them? Or are they just used to keeping things under wraps, because it is simply easier than dealing with the problem? What about the mental health of a person? How does one tell what types of abuse someone is going through, and how deep the roots of it go?