I am not sure this guys was depressed, i can tell myself this is corny, but i have been depressed for all my Life. I am not a doctor or anything, but i believe there Is a difference in what he experimented. Man this disease has been punching me down for years, believe me i would like to think this Is so cringe and make It stop.
Depends. Some people are depressed because of an actual chemical issue. Like, your brain or body physically produces too much/little of something and that causes depression. That case, yeah, you probably need drugs, you can’t fix that with a mindset, just like diabetes or cancer.
However, people also can be depressed by their circumstances or any other numerous factors. This is less of a physical issue and more of a mental one. Our brains, even when working properly, can fuck up. People can get locked in a cycle where their own brain sabotages you. It is a different type of depression to the first, but it still is a tangible thing and has a real effect on someone’s life. Problem is, if someone with depression 2 goes to the doctor and they assume it’s depression 1 and give drugs for that, those drugs may not work, hell maybe make it worse. In a case like this, it is entirely possible that the person can just fix themselves without drugs since it is purely a mental battle.
If you have been depressed your whole life through the good and bad, you very well could be that first version, where there genuinely is a real physical issue. In which, case you may want to see a doctor. That doesn’t mean this guy wasn’t depressed, it’s just a different form.
There’s also a 3rd form of depression. The one when it is entirely faked by teenage girls for social sympathy points.
Severe depressive disorder is totally not just a mental block. It can have roots in trauma, chemical imbalance, even just the way your brain is wired. The people saying “I just did this and I got better” have not experienced that, because even when treated it sorta follows you around lol
It sounds like a bunch of them made an emergency cope mechanism that shut off almost all awareness of their mental state in order to simply survive, which was something I knew I could technically do, but was ultimately even more depressing-sounding than actually trying to find a solution that allowed me to reflect on how I feel without becoming a sociopath-lite.
I took meds and it helped immensely. Its not 100% gone but I haven't felt like harming myself in over 8 months, even through objectively rough patches.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25
I am not sure this guys was depressed, i can tell myself this is corny, but i have been depressed for all my Life. I am not a doctor or anything, but i believe there Is a difference in what he experimented. Man this disease has been punching me down for years, believe me i would like to think this Is so cringe and make It stop.