I hesitantly second this, but it’s hesitantly because as someone already on some antidepressants, well, they only work so well at getting me to see my environment and body as configurable. I’ve been doing incrementally better lately via realizing I can swing up (ie, start with tiny motions and then make each motion slightly larger) in a wide variety of contexts, and in general I feel more efficacy at simply directly correcting my apprehensions.
Do you have any internet weirdo ideas for how to find the right antidepressant that psychiatrists don’t want us to know would love for us to know, but don’t know themselves either?
I’ve found that there’s a gradient from “The environment is hostile and static” to “the environment is yours to use, to help you towards your goals”, and that my mood decides where I land on this gradient, with depression landing in the far left end. The environment also feels smaller the less depressed I am.
I’m not sure this will be any help, but dopamine makes me feel better short term (probably because energy and mood correlate so well) and socializing makes me feel better long-term. My depression went away when I started socializing for hours a day. Stimulants also makes me feel really good, but I think that’s because they practically lower my social needs to zero (which means that they’re fulfilled until the stimulants wear off).
I don’t know anything about antidepressants, but I’ve probably tried everything else, and for some reason, socializing more wasn’t one of the 100 first things that I tried, so I learned a lot of minor things. I found some other methods which worked, but they’re much too complicated to share here. Just know that it relates to manipulating ones core beliefs and perception so that the world appears more positive and meaningful, and allowing yourself and your ego/identity to be part of said world.
How did you manage to change your perception and core beliefs to make the world feel more positive and meaningful? Because of my depression, my mom keeps insisting that I try DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). But I’ve already been through costly therapy before and ended up disappointed, so I can’t really trust it anymore. That’s why I’ve been trying to find ways to cope on my own, and I really want to hear some concrete methods for that.
I hesitantly second this, but it’s hesitantly because as someone already on some antidepressants, well, they only work so well at getting me to see my environment and body as configurable. I’ve been doing incrementally better lately via realizing I can swing up (ie, start with tiny motions and then make each motion slightly larger) in a wide variety of contexts, and in general I feel more efficacy at simply directly correcting my apprehensions.
Do you have any internet weirdo ideas for how to find the right antidepressant that psychiatrists
don’t want us to knowwould love for us to know, but don’t know themselves either?I’ve found that there’s a gradient from “The environment is hostile and static” to “the environment is yours to use, to help you towards your goals”, and that my mood decides where I land on this gradient, with depression landing in the far left end. The environment also feels smaller the less depressed I am.
I’m not sure this will be any help, but dopamine makes me feel better short term (probably because energy and mood correlate so well) and socializing makes me feel better long-term. My depression went away when I started socializing for hours a day. Stimulants also makes me feel really good, but I think that’s because they practically lower my social needs to zero (which means that they’re fulfilled until the stimulants wear off).
I don’t know anything about antidepressants, but I’ve probably tried everything else, and for some reason, socializing more wasn’t one of the 100 first things that I tried, so I learned a lot of minor things. I found some other methods which worked, but they’re much too complicated to share here. Just know that it relates to manipulating ones core beliefs and perception so that the world appears more positive and meaningful, and allowing yourself and your ego/identity to be part of said world.
How did you manage to change your perception and core beliefs to make the world feel more positive and meaningful? Because of my depression, my mom keeps insisting that I try DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). But I’ve already been through costly therapy before and ended up disappointed, so I can’t really trust it anymore. That’s why I’ve been trying to find ways to cope on my own, and I really want to hear some concrete methods for that.
Here is a recent recommendation: https://open.substack.com/pub/chrismasterjohnphd/p/beat-from-depression-without-ssris?r=l073q&utm_medium=ios