Thank you so much for sharing your experiences, leading up to giving yourself permission to choose a pharmaceutical intervention for your depression. We’re so conditioned to tough it out! After my father had open heart surgery to replace a valve, the doctors told him that messing with his heart was likely to cause him to experience depression. And wow, did he. And when he FINALLY got out of his own way and started taking an antidepressant, it was a huge secret. In a surprise move, my sister confronted him about it and asked if the fact that she took medication for anxiety and depression made her somehow “less than” in his eyes, which he vehemently denied, but you know, it’s different for him. He’s got to be Superman. 🙄
I appreciate that Gen X and beyond are so committed to deconstructing the stigmas around mental health. I take Zoloft every day. And I go to therapy. And I practice mindfulness and meditation. And sometimes it seems like A LOT of work, but I’m worth it, aren’t I? And I’m never going to act like it’s a secret.
I’m so happy that you found a way to add another tool to your mental health toolbox. 💖💖💖
Thanks so much for all of this. There is such a stigma for taking some medications (antidepressants, GLP-1s), while others (like inhalers for asthma, or birth control to prevent pregnancy) are seen as necessary and even life-saving. I don't think we should view medications to ease mental health symptoms any differently. Everyone deserves relief, in whatever form that works for them.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences, leading up to giving yourself permission to choose a pharmaceutical intervention for your depression. We’re so conditioned to tough it out! After my father had open heart surgery to replace a valve, the doctors told him that messing with his heart was likely to cause him to experience depression. And wow, did he. And when he FINALLY got out of his own way and started taking an antidepressant, it was a huge secret. In a surprise move, my sister confronted him about it and asked if the fact that she took medication for anxiety and depression made her somehow “less than” in his eyes, which he vehemently denied, but you know, it’s different for him. He’s got to be Superman. 🙄
I appreciate that Gen X and beyond are so committed to deconstructing the stigmas around mental health. I take Zoloft every day. And I go to therapy. And I practice mindfulness and meditation. And sometimes it seems like A LOT of work, but I’m worth it, aren’t I? And I’m never going to act like it’s a secret.
I’m so happy that you found a way to add another tool to your mental health toolbox. 💖💖💖
Thanks so much for all of this. There is such a stigma for taking some medications (antidepressants, GLP-1s), while others (like inhalers for asthma, or birth control to prevent pregnancy) are seen as necessary and even life-saving. I don't think we should view medications to ease mental health symptoms any differently. Everyone deserves relief, in whatever form that works for them.
Thank you for sharing as always!!💙💙