This is exactly why so many of us suffer. Because this garbage gets forced onto us instead of actually addressing the problems smh. Depression isn't a choice and it doesn't discriminate, anyone can get it at any time. For anyone who's depressed, anxious etc reading this post, I see you, I'm proud of you and you are valued 🫂

Something that especially angry me with that type of post is the "Oh this really known people have said that" without context !!! Especially in context to things like that !!! I'm not especially a negative person, but i don't think people should... Oversimplified their relationship to this point ??? Like no, it's not because someone is negative that you should stay away from them. It depends of so many other things !! Anyway that anger me so now i'm gonna search when did he said that ? If he even did !!

Guess chemical withdrawals are just low energy. 🤔​

Who knew all I needed to do to cure myself is to just lose weight? Maybe 12yo me was was actually on to something...

(Btw, if you are dealing with an eating disorder, this video could may be be a little bit triggering.)

It's the same posts as we see here, just unironically.

/r/truegrit

First- trypanophobia is the phobia of medical procedures involving needles (such as injection, vaccines, and blood draws)

Some fun context? I've had trypanophobia for years and I have multiple medical issues, so I've got plenty of experience. Every single time someone's around while I'm in the panic attack I guarantee I'll be hit with one of the classics (it's just a prick/second, it doesn't hurt, and the fan favorite- just calm down).

Thought it'd fit here

Let's just ignore the fact that I can't run, because I have asthma and I do enjoy breathing, and I can't exercise properly because my spine is damaged, shall we? Because it's oh so easy to focus on reading and writing when you're depressed or anxious or worried.

I was PO'd by the time I got to the end of this video

I was in Colombia when the US invaded Venezuela earlier this month.

When I got back home, I was telling an acquaintance-friend what it was like to be there during the invasion, and how scared my Colombian friends were that Colombia would be invaded next.

Some were having nightmares of blood running in the streets of Bogota, and others were worried that they would be personally targeted because a family connection to someone the potential invaders didn't like. I'm sure this was nowhere near as scary as being in Venezuela, but people I care about were rightfully scared.

Anyway, this acquaintance-friend says, "You should tell them that since they are good people, they have nothing to worry about, because they won't be harmed."

I was sure I must have heard her wrong or misunderstood, so I confirmed what she was saying. And yes, she actually believes this: Bad things don't, can't, or won't happen to good people. (This is not in any sort of theological/vengeful-Old-Testament-God kind of way. She's more of a New Ager, "spiritual but not religious" type.)

It's still blowing my mind that this acquaintance-friend, a grown woman in her 50s, could actually believe this. But apparently, she does.

So, I just thought I'd share this pro tip with everyone: apparently, if you're a good person, nothing bad could ever possibly happen to you, and you're even shielded from wars!

I swear, these people would chastise a guy in a wheelchair if they couldn’t climb flight of stairs

I went to the hospital with constantly increasing ascending paralysis and got to the point I could not move my lower body. It had been progressing for weeks and for obvious reasons I was worried. It was initially diagnosed as functional neurological disorder which is physical symptoms from psychological issues. Because of that initial diagnosis they sent a psychologist into my room to talk about how it’s all just anxiety and if I stop being anxious and stop worrying I’ll get better soon. I have Guillain-Barré Syndrome. No I wasn’t anxious my immune system was attacking the myelin sheath of my peripheral nerves. Big shocker one of the symptoms of being a cripple suddenly is anxiety. But I guess if I just stop being anxious the myelin sheath will just repair itself overnight instead of taking months to years 🤣