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Eat healthy, go for walks, talk to a professional, open up to family and friends. Don’t be afraid of taking medication or changing your career. Don’t be afraid
by wodenokoto 5y ago
Eat healthy, go for walks, talk to a professional, open up to family and friends. Don’t be afraid of taking medication or changing your career. Don’t be afraid of admitting to yourself what you actually want out of life.
Don’t expect it to be easy.
The nice thing about medication is if you forget to take a pill today it is very easy to take one tomorrow. You can also stop when ever you want. Best case, they are a crutch that helps you until you can walk again. Worst case, you’ll live an undepressed life with them.
If you self-treat in the gym, it can be very difficult to haul your sorry ass back there if you miss a day.
> I have tried therapy
The worst thing about therapy is finding a therapist. It’s an awful process that one needs to do in a time in your life when you are not capable.
I don’t know you, but you asked for internet stranger advice: mine is to keep looking for a therapist you like and have them be part of your healing process together with medication. Don’t stop seeing a therapist just because you start to feel good when the medication kicks in.
- haxiomic 5y ago> You can also stop when ever you want. To clarify, it’s important antidepressants are not stopped suddenly, but rather gradually reduced over a few weeks. Stopping suddenly can lead to withdrawal symptoms [0] [0] https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/stopping-or-coming-off-antidepressants/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-...
- chousuke 5y ago"Don't be afraid" is something that doesn't really work as advice. If I could just not have fear, what's left is just work. I feel like the majority of the effort I have to put into things is overcoming my own brain. Whenever I get my brain to agree with what I want to do and that doing it it is worthwhile, the rest is easy. It's ignoring the billion stupid reasons my brain generates why I should not do something I want to do that is exhausting and difficult.
- michaericalribo 5y agoOP’s comment was a bit flippant, but I interpret it as encouragement to try something new, and reassurance that it’s not as bad as you fear—someone else’s anecdata that the billion stupid reasons your brain generates aren’t valid signal for you to listen to. I agree with that sentiment. That’s not easy either…but it’s the best I’ve got at a certain point
- nonce-3460712 5y ago
- wodenokoto 5y agoWhat michaericalribo said in sibling comment. Sorry for the poor wording with "don't be afraid".