I don’t appreciate this characterization of antidepressants but I do understand it
That’s fair. Your therapist isn’t there to fix the whole world with you.
That what you do outside the therapy room
We totally can. It’s just difficult to get past that some people want more than others even if that means harming them.
Some people take joy in hurting others. I have no faith that we can fix that.
Fix? Not without some eugenics (traditional or modern). Mitigate? We can definitely mitigate it. There was a study recently that showed that it’s not really the punishment for a crime that dieters people, it’s the probability they will or won’t get caught that’s the primary factor. So for instance if there’s a 98% chance they will get caught people are unlikely to commit the crime and if there is a 5% chance they will be caught they are much more likely to commit the crime even if the punishment is extremely harsh. There’s of course a balancing act between personal freedoms and privacy and the ability to catch people aka the more privacy people have the more difficult it is to catch crime and generally the less privacy (and ability to parse large sums of data) the easier it is.
Depressing. Any optimistic stances here on Lemmy to cheer me up?
Pills aren’t there to convince us everything is ok. They’re more often useful in getting us to a baseline where we can better manage and take control of our lives where we can. If a psychiatrist/therapist is saying something like in this meme, get a new one. There are more resources out there than just pills and therapy
I say this as someone taking pills, going to therapy, and receiving a ton of other support through government programs in a red state in the US. I’d been struggling with suicidal ideation for decades, and in the last year I’ve made some good progress. There’s shitty aspects to life, and I’ve got a ways to go to meet the goals I’ve set for therapy, but it’s still worth living for me
Glad to hear you’re doing better. All the best to you!
Thank you ❤️ you as well
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I’m on an SNRI and my wife is on an SSRI.
Both have been life changing for both of us in the best way.
Our psych is great and also requested a genetic test that found out I was predisposed to serotonin syndrome from the drug most commonly prescribed for my issue.
So we caught that early and we have been doing great for years now.
It’s not a trick of the brain. That much is obvious when you are able to use the drugs to get back to and maintain a much better baseline, but it’s not drugs alone.
You have to work for it, you cannot just take drugs and think they’re going to fix you. Underlying mental issues from buried trauma are so much more real than most people still think in 2026.
Yess I did the genesite test, too. Weirdly found out I also don’t process synthetic folate from it!
Same here! Menthyl folate has also helped me greatly.
That test should probably be done more often 😂
“Better living through chemistry”
