That anxiety and depression are just symptoms of deep problems, and not in and of themselves psychological conditions. It’s cheaper and less work to just throw meds at the symptoms then it is to do the work to find why people are struggling with the anxiety and depression.

Many of the deeper issue causing them are from how are society works, and can’t be changed or fixed easily, but I don’t know, maybe if everyone realized that our society is hurting us this badly we could do something about it. But no, “here take these meds that will numb the pain and every emotion you have, now be a good little worker drone and get back to grind. It’s not the society that’s the issue, it just you… And everyone else that we are also giving these meds too.”

I myself recently realized that the anxiety and depression I suffered from as a teen was caused by childhood trauma, being undiagnosed neurodigergent, and being Queer. All things society at large tries to ignore or out right hate. Any none of the mental health professionals tried to look into why I was struggling, they just gave me meds and sent me on my way.

That being said, if the meds are the only thing keeping you from ending it all, do what you got to do. Meds are a tool and tools should be used if they are helpful.

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Umm, Trump is doing that himself by literally trying to become a dictator. He is already trying to stop the midterms by any means necessary. I also wish we lived in a time where things were I could not care about politics to this degree, but things are going to shit so fast. It’s important to talk about what it happening so we can begin trying to stop it, and we need to stop it.

I know that finding a good therapist is hard and can cost a lot of money, But let’s not forget that many therapists out there genuinely want to help people. I have a lot of problems with the field of psychology in its current state, but if you can find the right therapist for you, it can be life saving and worth every penny.