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I remember my own decade-long struggles with "failing to thrive" and I can assure one can turn your life around, but as author correctly noticed: "The puzzle of

• nisegami 5y ago
  Not drugs, but I'm playing out this story right now in my own life. No matter how much I try, I can never find a reason I'd rather wake up in the morning than not.
• sigotirandolas 5y ago
  To me, it rather feels like the opposite, like the "wanting to get better" explanation is a moralistic, post-hoc rationalization. I live a reasonably successful life, but many of the things that made it so are just luck. I was born in a reasonably affluent country, and my parents always provided good care and abundant financial support. I am pretty awkward, but smart enough to get through life. I am naturally interested in programming computers so I don't even need to make an effort to do it, and this happens to match one of the most demanded jobs. I am depressed/anxious but thankfully SSRIs work very well for me. I had no bad influences regarding drugs. To me, it seems those reasons have had a greater influence than "wanting to get better" could ever have. In fact, when you're depressed, there's not even a "wanting to get better" to be had - you're just reflexively pulled to bad feelings.