>which forced me learn the hard way about the big-parma lie 'chemical imbalance of the brain' theory Its not a lie, simply that what you were taking isn't help

>which forced me learn the hard way about the big-parma lie 'chemical imbalance of the brain' theory Its not a lie, simply that what you were taking isn't helping. There can be a lot of reasons for that, the most obvious one being that it doesn't work for you. Drugs for mental health are still very much unknown, but there are definite benefits for /some/ people. Overall, with or without drugs, you've gotta do what works for you, and thats what lets you work out of it. What people mean by that is to change around your lifestyle. No, you can't just change your overall feelings and thoughts in such a small time, but you can change what you're doing, right now. Perhaps, rather than working with React and projects on your off time, you make tables. Perhaps you volunteer at local shelters, churches, etc. Perhaps you add in some gym time, run time, just do something physical because it makes you feel different. Perhaps you don't do anything productive to anyone else at all and instead just do some things for /you/. Thats okay, and its not a cop-out. Quotes and sayings don't change things, but they do provide some perspective. Famously, an anthro professor once said to their students: >“you all have a little bit of ‘I want to save the world’ in you, that’s why you’re here, in college. I want you to know that it’s okay if you only save one person, and it’s okay if that person is you”