I have a friend like this. He refuses to help himself and therefore fails to get better. I 100% agree helping yourself is a necessary component for recovery. W

I have a friend like this. He refuses to help himself and therefore fails to get better. I 100% agree helping yourself is a necessary component for recovery. What I take offense at is when "seeking medical treatment" is so tightly coupled with "seeking an easy fix". The two concepts are orthogonal. Anecdotal, but the amount of courage it took to finally seek medical treatment made it the toughest fix I ever sought out. The pressure to try do anything else BUT THAT made it difficult to think critically about the issue. I was also very real concern about embarrassing my parents. For me, seeing a doctor was ultimate last line of treatment after years of shitty self-help books and introspection; never truly knowing what exactly was wrong. Luckily, it has bee most effective.