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help I’m having emotions about a cartoon antidepressant trying to be useful

DID YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY GIF AN ABILIFY COMMERCIAL

yes but look at it, it cares about her and just wants to help her be able to function. It’s like “I know you’re sad. here, I’ll help you.”

mcgonagirl

LIKE OKAY THOUGH can I explain why this is exceedingly brilliant?? Because when anti-depressants work right, that’s what they DO. They don’t make you happy or emotionless or unhealthy in any way, they make you FUNCTIONAL. They make it so that a depressed person who can barely get out of bed can start to support themselves again and more importantly, start to THINK for themselves again without the permeating presence of depression.

Depression is a cyclical disease, that tells you to think a certain way, and, because you’re depressed, you generally believe it, and then things get worse and worse. The ONLY thing anti-depressants do is to STOP that cycle in its tracks!! Which is something to be ecstatic about and celebrated, even if you don’t realize it at the time, because when you’re depressed, getting out of bed is climbing Mount Everest. Antidepressants help stop that cycle so that one day soon, getting out of bed can JUST be getting out of bed. They don’t even expedite the recovery process in most cases, they just make recovery POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. So this little guy is portrayed with a fuckton more accuracy than I ever expected from a commercial.

metalheadswaltzing

It’s back and adorable

rubyreed

I always thought meds made you “happy” … until I went on them. Then I realized they do basically what the commenter above said… they just make it easier to function.

just-my-typography-deactivated2

So important. It’s not just about being “happy,” it’s about “functioning.”

sixpenceee

Two Dutch politicians walking hand in hand to support a gay couple that were brutally attacked for doing the same thing.

(Source)

theharmp

We dutch are pretty cool ^_^ I like us.

plasmastainedbones

Things people newly diagnosed with chronic illnesses should know

Symptoms fluctuate

Bad days don’t last forever

Good days don’t mean you’re faking

If you think your doctor is wrong, you have the right to say so

Likewise, if you think your doctor is ignoring you, you have the right to say so and demand a new doctor

Don’t be afraid of mobility aids

You don’t have to answer strangers’ questions

Your life isn’t over

Some people might leave. They don’t matter.

The people who support you are great

You are allowed to complain

You’re not worthless

You’re loved and supported even if it doesn’t always feel like it

You are not alone

chronicillnessproblems

Also, it’s okay to have trouble accepting any of these things, and your feelings are ALWAYS valid.

enjolrasjosette

It’s a never ending grieving process. You go through all the stages time and time again. And that’s normal.

askragtatter

Triggers are like allergies.

An allergy is an extreme sensitivity to something that might not bother most people.

There are common ones and rare ones

They range from mildly annoying to life threatening, depending on the degree of sensitivity.

Not everyone has them. Some people might have several.

There’s no need to include allergy warnings when your audience is small and well known and you know no one present is allergic to anything you’re bringing.

When your audience is wider or unknown, it’s courteous to include warnings for the more common ones (peanuts, milk). Because better safe than sorry.

If you find out that someone with a rarer one might be present, you should include warnings for things you usually wouldn’t (cayenne pepper, mint).

If you set off an allergic reaction, you apologize even if you didn’t know they had that allergy, you do what you can to help, and you take care not to do it again.

Teasing someone for having one is stupid.

People don’t choose to have them, and those that have them wish they didn’t.

Faking one that you don’t have is bad form.

And if you intentionally expose an allergic person to something you know they are allergic to, you are an ASSHOLE.

askragtatter

I have more.

Sensitivity to an allergen can increase over time. Having better tolerance in the past does not mean that the current level of sensitivity is fake.

Sensitivity to an allergen can decrease over time. Having better tolerance now does not mean that the past level of sensitivity was fake.

An allergy can develop abruptly. Something that had no reaction on first exposure can have a violent reaction on second exposure.

Often a person doesn’t know they have an allergy until their first allergic reaction. This can be terrifying.