"Why is everyone so depressed?" - A man who inherited millions of dollars from his famous family.
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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There's a lot of reports in this thread specifically around the "lazy doctors" and "it's just stress" prescriptions.
This is where reddit would lock the thread and go "too much trouble to moderate." That's never been my personal policy.
But here's the thing... "Lazy" may not be technically correct, but it's been proven over and over again that if you are a woman or a minority or other marginalized group, medical professionals often are not listening to you.
https://www.northwell.edu/katz-institute-for-womens-health/articles/gaslighting-in-womens-health
i love the tough talk from all the edgelords saying "yeah wait until you take mine away then i'll be a real problem for you" -- lol they'll just lobotomize you. y'all have no idea what healthcare was like before anti-depressants, huh? you don't get a choice what happens to you after you act out ONCE in public. sure, talk your smack, it feels good... but, personally? i'm scared. my grandma used to get shocks, and that's when we actually had asylums... now we don't. pretty scary stuff, ngl. not enough room in jails for all of us... they'll find other solutions.
I grew up autistic and had adhd and an anxiety disorder when most people had no idea what those were. My autism wasn't that bad... but the way how people treated it they acted like I was less than human.
If anyone knows about lobotomies, it would be the Kennedys. Just look at Rosemary Kennedy.
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More proof that the inmates have taken over the asylum.
Do that shit. Take em away.
It won't take long before someone reminds you why they're important. Postal style.
How many people, taking antidepressants, are gun owners? Yep, shits gonna go down in bad way.
According to https://gunviolencearchive.org/ over 50% of every gun death in the USA each year is from suicide. More than half. Nobody gives a shit because while the numbers are staggering, they're not kids in school or people in a theater, mall, or grocery store. They're still dead though.
Gun ranges won't let you rent a gun unless you: 1) Have someone with you 2) Have another gun with you (and clearly you just want to rent their gun to try out a different gun) because they're afraid (almost certainly through experience) that you'll kill yourself.
This nation not only doesn't give a shit, it gives even less of a shit now as seen in this article.
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Ssris is not something you want to rip away from people.
This is going to be a mistake that ends in violence.
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