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Depression self-help (media.piefed.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 61 points 8 months ago (3 children)

“Just get therapy? Why don’t I strap on my therapy helmet, and squeeze down into a therapy cannon, AND FIRE OFF INTO THERAPYLAND, WHERE THERAPISTS GROW ON THERAPIES?!!!”

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Me: "Can I get a referral to a therapist?"

    GP: "Uh huh... so, I'm going to need you to take a drug test."

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The medical system has us so whipped.

    I just reached out to a therapist office. Referrals? Insane if you actually needed to do that.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Every medical treatment has to go through my GP, or else my insurance won't pay for it. If I had the money, I could just pay a therapist on my own, and then pay out of pocket for any meds the prescribe.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Not to mention it's (usually) expensive

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Got it for free, it comes down to "you don't look depressed".

    No shit, I thought you would help!

    So they told her I look depressed. I was not depressed, just literaly grieving.

    Got some perspective on things, was still on my own.

    Guess what: you need an actual neurologist to help treat your brain disorder, not someone to tell you the obvious.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Really? That annoying person on tiktok who thinks autism is just quirkiness and getting out of stuff for no reason can't help me with my mental health? Bonkers! I thought they could!

    In other words, water is wet.

    <genuine/serious> Sorry that happened, person you thought would help sounds a bit mean </genuine/serious>

    yeah I use tone tags like HTML tags

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    People do live in third world countries, you know?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I do know, but also there's better parts of social than the "[INSERT DISIBILITY HERE] isn't hard to live with or a disability, it's just quirky" types to get advice from, like, say, people with the condition, or professionals doing a thing online as well (a lot are online for free)

    Examples are

    Doctor Mike https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QHWhjbe5fGJEPz3sVb6nw

    I'm autistic, now what? https://www.youtube.com/@imautisticnowwhat

    OwieBrainHurts https://www.youtube.com/@owiebrainhurts

    How to ADHD https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoADHD

    Obviously there's more than that, but you (probably) get the gist of it. There is free help and self-help out there, it can just take some time to look, and yes, there's probably some good ones on tiktok, but I don't have the energy to find those right now, and I was specifically calling out the "I'm so happy to have [serious condition] it's so quirky" group.

    sorry if this is long (looks long from my side lol because links)

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