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03-27-2019, 01:37 PM
A lot of being a kid now days is avoidance. They get shoved off to daycare at 12 months at a point in life where all they crave is love and attention. Even the overworked daycare workers are good enough - if only there were enough of them. Crying really loud seems to work, so they do this. But it has the opposite effect, and daycare teachers spend their time frustrated at the crying kids, while trying to their best to help the kids that want to learn.
Later in life this attention mechanism loses its strength, so they do it through annoying clubs like gender studies and xenophobia or what have you. Its still a cry for attention, but one with even broader bullshit. Along the way they are given all sorts of drugs or ideas on what is wrong with them. Couple that with no chores, no family structure and what I think is the real issue - no accountability and being able to run from problems.
Life can be insanely easy today. As long as you can handle a broken brain and not ask too many questions.
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03-27-2019, 08:03 PM
The sad thing is that conventional antidepressants are barely more effective than placebos, and even that may just be due to drug companies redoing unsuccessful trials.
Though, do not confuse placebo with ineffective. Fake hope is still hope, and a step towards recovery.
I was misdiagnosed with depression for a long time.(It turned out to be a minor stroke in the end, but due to my isolation and bad habits, I became genuinely depressed too)
For me personally, the various antidepressents I tried just made my symptoms worse.(Though, bad results must mean others must have had good results to keep the average a net-positive, and since in the real world, people discontinue the bad, and use the good, I cannot rule out the potential of SSRIs as a layman.)
What did work was me forcing myself to engage with the world, forcing myself to exercise and fake a smile at social events. I took a big step away from social media and comparing myself with others. Talk-therapy and other ways of learning to better handle your thoughts gets good results too.
SlickyBoy mades an excellent point about everyone used to have a way to contribute to society, but in this dehumanised and globalised world of business, imperfect cogs get discarded not polished and repurposed.
I am quite possibly this forum's biggest fuckup, but due to my reasonably high-IQ and unique life experience/brainmakeup, I believe I at least have value in potentia and that keeps me positive and heading in what I believe is a productive direction.
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03-28-2019, 12:42 AM
I'm not sure where some of these dudes are either. I used to tutor kids back home.
I'm from a "wealthy" state, so maybe my views are skewed but many of my students would be up until 11pm a few nights a week in high school doing homework.
I know America's horrible and everyone's a moron/immigrant but a lot of the kids are frighteningly smart.
I've seen students have mini-nervous breakdowns because they got under 1800 on PSATs or PACTs
I will be checking my PMs weekly, so you can catch me there. I will not be posting.
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03-28-2019, 04:20 AM
I had a bad patch when I was in law school. If you have a full understanding of what law school is, and the legal profession, then it is rather fucking depressing. I saw the university shrink and got some Paxil. I fucking hated it. It flattened me out. Sure, I was not "depressed" but I was not happy and I couldn't get a boner. Maybe it is that sense of not feeling ANYTHING that makes some people suicidal.
I think a solid dose of Jordan Peterson is much more effective. Buck up, Sunshine and deal with it.
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04-08-2019, 12:31 PM
I want to take the time to thank Simeon_Strangelight for posting that info on the first page.
I've been taking the vitamins he suggested and I feel so great now.
I've got much more energy and I'm in such a good mood like I was when I was kid.
I even stopped smoking.
I just don't really feel like I need it to enjoy things anymore.