Teen Suicide Rates

[*michaelsean*]

(02-22-2018, 04:36 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I have this conversation with people all the time. There are some people that "pill shame" people that treat depression and anxiety with medication, but there is a biological component to this that cannot be overlooked. Some people can do fine with psychotherapy alone, some with medication alone, some need a combination. I'm in that last category. I actually went for years without anything, stopped treatment because I lost insurance. For the past three years, though, things have been rough. I finally got up the motivation to make changes this year and get back on medication and see a therapist.

Most pill shamers as you aptly call them, have no idea what it's like to wake up and almost literally see gray.  If I had to guess, I would say I have relatively mild anxiety, and when it's not treated, it's horrible, because it's constant and you can't escape your mind.  It's basically OCD with stress on the "O".  I can't imagine what it would be like to have chronic depression.  When I am having anxiety, it usually gets better as the day goes on until I feel almost normal and then start over the next morning.  With depression it's all day and all night and never any relief. Pill shamers can go eff themselves, because I know what I experience, and it's a fraction of what people with depression suffer.  When someone's only relief is suicide, it's a little illogical to tell them a pill is bad for them.