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Originally Posted by Sparky
too many people assume mental illness is a test of will. It's absurd. Looking to validate yourself and assume those suffering just need to think positive, because we all have the same exact brain chemistry.
I used to think that way too before, wellp
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It's an ego thing. People like to think they're superior for 'triumphing' over mental illnesses that they never faced in the first place. And they look down on those who are susceptible to that which they've never experienced. Because it doesn't manifest physically, so they can't see it with their own eyes, they can't wrap their head around it. They're simpletons.
And I just started taking Zoloft... didn't really want to go down the antidepressant route. But depression carries a heavy genetic component that I can't overlook in my own family. And it's no less valid than something like diabetes, and I wouldn't refuse insulin, so I swallowed my pride and the pill.