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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 113 points 6 days ago (7 children)

RFK is one of those assholes who was depressed, changed his diet and worked out, and that was enough. And he thinks that solution works for everyone. And now he has power.

Fuck anyone that takes my SSRIs away from me. That would actually make me leave the country.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 5 days ago

"Well, have you tried not being sad?"

- my parents

[–] 108@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

Being rich also doesn’t hurt

[–] Dimmer@leminal.space 21 points 5 days ago

His brain was eaten by worm, isn’t that how his depression got cured?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The only thing that worked out for him was being rich. Everything else is just an excuse/wishful thinking at best and a lie to be used to manipulate others at worst.

This is a very valid point.

Eating healthy, exercising regularly, time to relax and meditate etc. are luxuries not easily available to the poor. But a $1 pill is.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I hate to say it, but you probably can’t. People with diagnosed mental illnesses are often banned by other countries from immigrating.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Then good luck and I hope you make it out soon!

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Still got meds. So fighting the good fight right now.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 1 points 4 days ago

If you have the means, please gtfo while you can and let em burn.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is that really true?

It's pretty tough to migrate to Australia for example and I don't think this is really a relevant question.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You have to be mad to want to live somewhere where everything is trying to kill you.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's just a dumb meme, nothing has been successfully able to kill me yet.

In all seriousness though, Australia is a popular destination for migrants.

It was a jokey comment. I steered away from mad max and insulting actual Australians.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

RFK is one of those assholes who was depressed, changed his diet and worked out, and that was enough. And he thinks that solution works for everyone. And now he has power.

Can't say about enough, but for me too antidepressants were not very effective (and also with some emotional downsides, I eagerly believe stats about ADs and suicide rates), and physical exercise plus simpler and healthier food (basically minimize sugar) did help me more. However, there might be a reversal here - maybe changes in weather and life events caused slight improvement in my mood first, and then came exercise and healthier food.

In any case this is considered very light depression.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Suppose depression and anxiety can take a variety of different forms, arise from a variety of different causes, manifest in a variety of ways, and respond differently to a variety of treatments.

In your case your particular malady didn't respond to medication but did respond to other treatments.

It sounds like you can readily acknowledge that not everyone is experiencing the same illness and that often diet / exercise / lifestyle just isn't relevant.

The problem @simplejack@lemmy.world is referring to is when people who successfully treat their illness with diet and exercise assume that everyone elses illness will respond in the same way.