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Re: Tips for the depressed

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Post by ta999999171 » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 4:21 PM UTC

allendoerfer wrote: post #21

pmoriarty wrote: post #15

Things that help me when I feel depressed: - Listening to upbeat, energetic music and avoiding depressing music, which tends to make me feel worse - Walking outside on a clear, sunny day - Eating my favorite food - Playing a good game to get my mind off whatever it is that I'm obsessing about - If I am able to concentrate, reading something by a favorite author, listening to a good podcast, or watching a non-depressi…

When you are actually depressed and not just feel a bit down, those things seem unreachable.

Doing all of them is.

Doing one of them isn't.

Re: Tips for the depressed

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Post by ta999999171 » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 4:22 PM UTC

Blaiz0r wrote: post #52

pmoriarty wrote: post #15

Things that help me when I feel depressed: - Listening to upbeat, energetic music and avoiding depressing music, which tends to make me feel worse - Walking outside on a clear, sunny day - Eating my favorite food - Playing a good game to get my mind off whatever it is that I'm obsessing about - If I am able to concentrate, reading something by a favorite author, listening to a good podcast, or watching a non-depressi…

What did Nietzsche mean by that?

"Worst case scenario, you can step off the train!"

Re: Tips for the depressed

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Post by blackflame7000 » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 8:15 PM UTC

ncmncm wrote: post #217

blackflame7000 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think in many ways antidepressants can actually make things worse because of the emotional blunting side effect that can make it hard to connect with others.

Please don't generalize about things you know little about. There are many depression treatments that have no "blunting side effect" at all.

My mother committed suicide because of anti-depressants so you can kindly go fuck off with your arrogance and ignorance to boot. The Brain is far more complex than pseudo-intellectuals like yourself like to think. Serotonin does a whole heck of a lot more than control mood so any imbalance caused by the medications can be equally as fatal.

Re: Tips for the depressed

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Post by ncmncm » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 6:21 PM UTC

blackflame7000 wrote: post #223

ncmncm wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please don't generalize about things you know little about. There are many depression treatments that have no "blunting side effect" at all.

My mother committed suicide because of anti-depressants so you can kindly go fuck off with your arrogance and ignorance to boot. The Brain is far more complex than pseudo-intellectuals like yourself like to think. Serotonin does a whole heck of a lot more than control mood so any imbalance caused by the medications can be equally as fatal.

Not buying.

More to the point, there are many, many different drugs with many unrelated modes of action and very different side effects, all labeled "anti-depressants". You can complain about side effects of one of them, or even a related family of them, but pretending all are alike identifies a crank.