I can literally find out for you

What you’re looking for is studies on the “pre-epidemic” period

Lowkey I’m abusing the depression gimmick to flake on women when it starts getting a little 2serious lol

Am lowkey depressed tho ngl

lazy

here we go with the oppressors language again

Terrible thread

This boot straps s*** when it comes to legit mental health issues then hiding behind the most obvious, low-hanging fruit stereotypes of people who take advantage of mental health awareness in order to stigmatize having mental health issues in general has to stop

It isn’t being “real” or having common sense. It’s just being a d***head with no empathy who thinks being ignorant of scientific research makes them more woke

threads like these just add to the stereotype of d**** are bad lol. theres no shame in needing a lil pick-me-up to get through your day

if there's legitimate mental health concerns then yes it should 100% be addressed by a professional plus help from your family

i came home to find my gf unconcious one day, she took like 30 of those benadryl pills trying to kill herself. i know s*** like that is serious i've experienced it firsthand; never tried to imply otherwise

im not tryna point fingers but d**** are bad. weed too.

do your thing though

nothing wrong with being aware of mental health its about how its taught and how its perceived

I’m talking about people in my life man. I’ve watched the mental health movement destroy someone I love, it hurts.

I wish I could have gotten an Adderall prescription but I was really good at school

you’re taking this personal. everyones situation is different but its hard to deny the fact that d**** are helping a lot of people.

this is dumb as f***

and to be clear, i think the awareness is good. Mental health IS important. But making it part of your identity can snowball in dangerous ways, trust me.

if you got legitimate mental health issues and you're trying to fix it with weed then that's exactly the issue im talking about.

that s***'s gonna turn out badly long term

Yep this facts. My therapist preach this to me all the time. D**** are just a temporary escape, when you come back down to reality that’s when it usually hit harder.

thats why we gotta check up on each other too, especially the ones you know who are going through a rough patch

some people are so against asking for help due to social stigmas. thats gotta change. theres just some s*** u cant do alone

webMD is unreliable because to use information you need expertise to place that info in context. Average person does not have the expertise to do this when it comes to medical symptoms. Certain diagnoses also need further testing, you can't just tell immediately from a couple of symptoms.

you do make apoint a bit some ppl think they have or suffer from everything but that is for a professional to decide

another bad thing is people will go and see like 10 different doctors just to get 1 of them to say the things they wanna hear.

I don't like to gatekeep mental health but PTSD is frequently misdiagnosed. Most people don't even realize an official PTSD diagnose can only happen 6 months after the traumatic incident (hence post being in the phrase).

Its not always possible to see a mental health professional, but if you really feel you have something going on, seeing somebody is as important as a regular doctor.

Also, plugging genomind. Its a test to determine what antidepressants work with your body. Its a cheek swab and is pretty affordable with payment options. The old way of getting medication was trial and error, this way its as exact as a regular medication. I got onto my current s*** with the test, and it's so far had 0 side effects.

Maybe it's difficult for it to not be a part of your identity if it has such a strong hold of your life? If someone has cancer, and it's making them really sick, would you think they're "making it part of their identity" if it's something they struggle with every day? It may be hard to understand what's going through someone's head, I just think that thinking that people who are struggling with mental health issues are just "making it part of their identity", and that's what makes it worse, isn't a good way of viewing it. And I have family struggling with serious mental health issues as well. Just my take on it