Mentally ill woman in her late 30s. Quit my jobs with DIDDs to go to work a retail job and go to school.

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Formerly @kbin.social.

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  • At what point did I gatekeep depression by agreeing with someone else about their diagnosis?

    You’re being a little ridiculous right now.

    For the second time, stop trying to turn my reply to someone else into a blanket statement. I understand picking needless fights with strangers on the internet qualifies as dopamine seeking behavior. Maybe you should be looking inward.


  • This is precisely the pedantic reply I expected.

    Laymen differentiate between addressing things in their environment that cause increases in things like norepinephrine by the cause, environmentally, and not by the resulting chemical release in the brain.

    Referring to both chemical treatment, such as taking medication, and environmental treatment, such as quitting a job that causes you stress (or depression, as in the conversation above) as “chemical” is the kind of nitpicky BS that would only further obfuscate the discussion, serving absolutely zero purpose unless you were the type to want to start a fight over nothing.

    You may as well refer to everything the brain ever experiences as “chemical.” It’s would be the most literal interpretation, and would serve zero purpose as a method of communication. Much like your conversation with me.


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    Don’t reframe my statement addressing someone’s specific situation into a blanket comment. That person said their depression had a reason (that could be addressed, and once addressed, the depression was resolved.)

    Speaking to that instance, it probably wasn’t chemical, because if it was, it wouldn’t have resolved with action taken independent of chemical treatment, but only with a combination.

    I am not the person to try and strawman about depression.








  • I want to offer you a new superpower.

    When I say, “bless you,” when someone sneezes, if someone asks me, “You aren’t religious! Who are you asking to bless me?” I answer;

    “No one. I’m the one blessing you.”

    So I guess, this time, you could say, “You’re doing a good thing.”