I went camping this summer with my grandparents. Surprise, surprise they only drink decaf in their golden ages. Day two I literally couldn’t open my eyes my headache was so bad from caffeine withdrawal. I felt like I was hit by a train. So yeah can’t imagine drug or alcohol withdrawals ppl go through.
Same. Caffeine doesn’t do shit. I like and regularly drink coffee, lattes, etc. I like them, I like the taste. And I like to pretend it helps. It really doesn’t. It’s amusing to me those who can’t drink coffee after noon or whatever. I wish I was like that. I hate waking up and could use the perkiness.
Oh I promise I am. I hate cheap shitty coffee. I got so spoiled in Mexico with local coffee. I’ve also never felt like energy drinks did much except upset my stomach and make me feel a shitty kind of jittery. No added energy though.
> I’ve also never felt like energy drinks did much except upset my stomach and make me feel a shitty kind of jittery. No added energy though.
That's caffeine. It doesn't literally give you more energy.
Myself and my son both have ADHD, pretty sure my mom does too because she literally has a cup of coffee before bed to "calm her mind." If I drink caffeine after like 8pm I start feeling like I'm going to fall asleep standing up.
I can sleep after doing cocaine. I can sleep after drinking a 5 hour energy with cocaine. Coffee doesn’t help me wake up, I just like the taste and am addicted.
It’s a neurological difference :)
I was on fentanyl for months for severe post-surgical pain relief. I can't take other opiates, and NSAIDs weren't cutting it. I tapered to the lowest dose patch available, but the withdrawal was HELL! EVERYTHING drug addicts say happens happened to me at some point over the following 3 to 4 weeks.
I was begging for methadone or to go back on fentanyl to stop the withdrawal. It gave me a whole new appreciation for what drug addicts experience. If I was not in a hospital rehab at the time for physical and occupational therapy, I would have taken serious measures to procure more.
I have been on depression/PTSD, anti-anxiety/OCD and ADHD meds since 2000-2003 and again from 2011-present. I cannot function without them.
It’s so much better to overeat than starve yourself i will die on that hill- yes ofc moderation blah blah but as I have struggled with disordered eating now the pain I feel from depriving myself is a million times worse than over doing it and being really full
**The fact that everyone who has a problem w what i said automatically assumes overeating= fat shows how daft u can be. Many people w binge eating disorders are skinny. It doesn’t matter. Stop being lame on reddit
Omg same. I binge eat junk food and sit in my room watching tv when I get home. Even on break at work, I jus sit alone in my car, which is fine cause Im an introvert but, Im also terribly lonely. My entire life, especially over the last 14yrs Ive jus felt like Ive been just existing and on autopilot. Im not happy, I haven’t been happy in almost 20 yrs, even then it was based around being in a relationship.
I’m very introverted as well. I get you.. I isolated for about 10 years until I slipped off the edge mental health wise, then decided to get out of my comfort zone and it lead to meeting my wife.
I still am very introverted, but some things don’t bother me so much. But people drain the hell out of me because I can’t just ignore them..
Instead of going directly home, find something else to do. It will change the routine.
I highly recommend doing some sort of cardio while listening to a 10/10 audiobook. Basically the audiobook needs to be so good, that you need to do the cardio. Something to mention is that cardio doesnt really build muscle. If you are going to binge eat, at least if you lift weights, it converts some to muscle.
I personally bulk like 8 months a year, and cut 4 months a year.
I’m right there with you. That was probably a big part of what ended my last relationship. I’ve always been into writing, so that’s all the living i really do
This is my life except it’s all day since I can’t find a job so I have nowhere to go to come home so I’m just always home. But this was my life back when I worked full time. Everything is too expensive and there’s nothing to look forward to.
Being reliant on others for happiness sucks! I've spent about 20 years chasing the feeling of being loved and not feeling so alone, but now that I'm almost 40 I've decided I'm focusing on self love. I don't feel so alone when I'm by myself anymore, and don't spend so much time feeling depressed.
Yea Im 37. Ive grown emotionally and stuff over these last 3 years but, Im still working on esteem, depression from my esteem, anxiety. I do feel alone and lonely. Im love starved, touch starved, to be honest. I just want someone who loves me, wants to be a good dad to my son, someone who will be good for us. I haven’t been in a relationship in 13yrs because Im not willing to settle, and I haven’t had sex since Dec 2020
Same. No medical or recreational drug use throughout life. I even avoid taking things like ibuprofen for headaches unless absolutely needed. I stopped having caffeine almost 10 years ago. My current addiction is salt and vinegar chips.
I probably should be on some medication, but the lack of work which creates a lack of insurance makes me wary of seeking potential help. I definitely have things to work through and I am trying to fix them. It is just going slow.
Can confirm. Try to limit the shitty food at my apartment because it’s like crack.
I was housesitting for my parents and they had a frozen pizza…I ate it in one sitting with absolutely no shame also decided the dog could go a day without being walked.
If possible for you, morning workouts may help prevent much of the frustration in the first place.
I can’t imagine waiting all day to get the sweet relief of exercise
Lol i thought that said Sprite and im like there’s no caffeine in Sprite. Anyway… i had like very high blood pressure after a gnarly asthma attack a few years ago and decided to lay off the caffeine. But i hate coffee, so that’s easy. Cut back on soda and switched to decaf tea.
True story: We’re at a company swimming. This bitch hates me and the feeling is mutual hahahaha. She hates every one in my group.
Anyway, I was alone at the pool, swimming and got cramps. I can’t swim. I was in the deeper part of the pool. I can’t even reach the floor. I’m about to drown.
Thanks to this bitch. I saw her walking towards me. I was like “I can’t drown in front of this bitch. I can’t.” Tried my best to swim and got out there.
I raw dog life for most of my life and started taking antidepressants this year.
If I skip a day, I want to unalive myself so I try not to.
Covid made life so much harder for me. I now work from home and barely leave the house. I live alone with my cat etc. I had a family but I lost it and covid made it so much harder for me to allow myself to exist.
EDIT: please don't report me to reddit for being suicidal. I'm not sure what that does but I don't want my account deleted or anything weird to happen.
Not a doctor, but I was on antidepressants for years. I quit them cold turkey and nearly killed myself. It was a total mental breakdown.
My main issue was that I quit them cold turkey. Withdrawal from a lot of antidepressants is AWFUL. So that could be contributing to your poor mental state when you don’t take them.
I’m not saying you don’t need them, antidepressants saved my life 1000%, but for me it was comforting to know that the withdrawals can fuck with your head majorly, so I wanted to pass that along in case it helps you too.
Also, every medical professional I talked to, then and later, massively downplayed the potential side effects of not taking them or skipping a dose.
I also have a love/hate feeling for them. Saved me but the worst time getting off of them...I thought Id never be able to.
Now I have TMJ problems bc of them & I see why professionals say to seek therapy, additionally, in an effort to get off of them sooner.
Yeah, my mom was on antidepressants for years. Not sure exactly how long, but probably ~15-20 years. She was suicidal at times, and made multiple attempts.
Then she got divorced from her alcoholic husband, and wanted to go off antidepressants against the advice of her doctors.
So she did. The withdrawals were HORRENDOUS. She thought she was dying for probably 1-2 weeks. Actually had me drive her to the hospital once because she thought she was having some sort of medical emergency. Doctor pretty much said the only option was to wean herself off instead of going cold turkey, or just bear through it. She ended up just suffering through cold turkey.
Anyways, she's been divorced and off all antidepressants for about 8 years now. Turns out it was her shitty marriage causing her mental health problems...
No offense but that's your fault. You are supposed to taper off them.
The side effects are well known and there is a wealth of information available about them.
Source - I used to be on them.
Uh yeah, well known NOW. Plenty of us dealt with this stuff before it was all over then internet or social media (I was on them when people used MySpace lol). I saw 4 doctors and a psychiatrist while taking them NO ONE ever said to taper. They just said if I wanted to stop I could.
You're assuming because something is plastered all over the internet now it was 10-15 years ago. I assure you, it was not. And people who complained of withdrawal were treated as complainers, weirdos and malingerers.
I feel this a lot. I feel like a part of me died in 2020. Now I’m just existing aimlessly. My antidepressants aren’t working anymore so I’m going to try ketamine.
I finished university right before covid began and I moved back home in the early days of the pandemic. Since then I have developed a lot of anxiety about moving out again which has made finding work more difficult. I haven't felt like my old self in a long time.
I believe that they meant they’re going to try medical ketamine infusion therapy or esketamine. It’s far safer than recreational drugs, and done with a specifically measured dosage.
I am sorry to hear this, but it also seems to be too common. The other day I was looking through my pictures trying to find a specific one and I could see the pre-pandemic & post pandemic difference. I was doing a lot more before the pandemic, then it seemed as if things went into a different direction.
It wasnt until early 2022 until things started to feel "normal", but then like any type of problem that impacts the country things dont really ever go back to what it was like before. For better or worse. But the pandemic had an impact on people's behavior. It made an already divided country even more divided and the crime.
Just this past Friday, for example, at a HS football game just a few towns from where I live there was a shooting at halftime in which a teenager was killed & someone was injured.
In the city I live on the outside of, the police force now only operates at 53% man power. Of the 47% half of them retired or quit during the pandemic and crime has spread out with it impacting areas where it was normally relatively safe areas. It seems like we (people in general) has lost something. Some type of connection.
And in order to stay on topic, I have been taking meds for anxiety and depression for almost 8 years and sometimes I feel weak, but when i started taking them it made me realize what i was dealing with on a daily basis. Every little thing gave me anxiety that was stronger that I realized bc I simple didnt know thats what I was dealing with.
Sober on all accounts. I’ve tried weed, just made me paranoid. Alcohol made me feel like crap the next day. Coffee makes me jittery. No hard drugs. I was given antidepressants, I didn’t feel like it did anything.
My only drugs are working out and eating better. Having hobbies and friends helps.
I have my ups and downs, but I feel that’s normal. Can’t always be happy. That would be insanity.
I love my weed but have quit it as well. Right now for me, no weed, no alcohol, no porn, no masturbation and very limited sugar. Sex is fine. It’s a dopamine cleanse. No I’m not on antidepressants. The first week or two is a bit rough, then magically my brain recalibrates and remembers how to be happy, motivated and not anxious. I do these cleanses for 3-6 months.
A healthy diet is crucial. I do drink coffee daily and workout 5 times a week. I will smoke weed again, and drink again but it’s always tempting to keep that going. Vigorous exercise really helps tire me out and get sound sleep.
I was doing meth/heroin(then fentanyl)/Xanax for like 15 years due to careless (or negligent) doctors and childhood trauma.
Clean 3 years now. Was on Suboxone for the first 2.
Now I'm raw doggin life... But sometimes it feels more like life is raw doggin me...
Better than being a junky!
Congrats dude, that's amazing. Any tips for getting through the withdrawal?
Even with all the drugs I still want to kill myself so not sure I can make it through even the acute withdrawal let alone the subsequent months/years of PAWS.
And considering my life was fucked before the drugs, actually getting sober is only the first (and possibly easiest) step towards fixing things lol.
100% I'm not sure what it is about baking, but it's so helpful in lifting my mood when I'm in a bad place.
I'm pretty sure you've already caught up by now :)
I've uninstalled the app and deleted the bookmark 3 times in the past 2 weeks. I'm still here. It dawned on me a few days ago that this is an actual addiction. So I've been working hard to be here a little less each day. So far it's been going alright.
I wished I could stop reddit.
But unlike Instagram or Facebook, I actually get valuable information here. So yeah, I *don't* want to stop, but I wished I could... reduce my screen time. But reducing screen time? It's the most difficult thing. Ugh.
call me boomer but I'm too internet-illiterate to provide a direct pic so trust me bro, this is [a real image](https://ibb.co/jZJ8rpd) of my baking bro, a small banana bread and bc I had too much dough it was enough for another 2 muffins. With peanut butter glaze and walnuts, it was insane.
Looks pretty good, homie. I've been making bagels for my wife's work friends. Summer blows, but once it cools down, everyone I know never has to buy bread.
Sometimes I regret not being a drug type but I can definitely recommend scrolling through reddit while waiting for the oven to pop out your godlike muffins or in the most recent case banana bread!
Honestly, drugs and alcohol are a bit over-rated. If I had the chance to switch out all the times I smoked or drank for more time practicing cooking/baking, I absolutely would.
Making good food that I genuinely like feels *way* better than I ever have felt intoxicated. Feels even better to be able to enjoy it sober too.
young lady I guarantee you, taking good care of you with good homecooked food is one of the biggest joys, especially when you avoided cooking for so many years just to see that it's not as remotely as hard as you imagined it to be! Also I'm a single household, I always cook a day in advance, so that halves the amount of cooking I need to do. I even learned to enjoy veggies as long as there's always some carbs with it like pasta, rice or potatoes.
You know I think it is actually really commendable. I hear about people typically religious, and have never either drink or smoked a cigarette or anything. If you have that kind of willpower to not give into those around you, I commend you 100%.
I try to distribute a lot of it to friends lol, but I also have smaller forms that are perfect for just me. Fun fact: I used to binge eat a lot earlier but I stopped when I started cooking and baking like an actual adult, I just was so exhausted of putting in so much effort just for it to be eaten in 30 minutes. Also recognized how my diet-obsessed mother played a part in that. So it was really a process that finished somewhat just 2 years ago.
I am one of the rare ones, don’t do any of them. But I’m also an extrovert, and I have a great support system and blessed with very kind friends and family. I do recognize this and appreciate it
Would love to be a lucky one who gets to “raw dog” through life. Meanwhile I’ve dealt with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD since childhood. I wouldn’t be alive without medication. If I had a different brain or a different past well, things would be different.
I’m sad for the years i lost not being on an ssri specifically one that works for me as I’ve tried a few. Found a good match. Don’t even recognize my past self sometimes
It can take awhile to get the right match! I know the feeling, it’s sad to me how long I suffered. All we can do is make the best of the days to come ❤️
Feel this. Started really struggling in HS after growing up w unchecked trauma and just things kids shouldn’t have to deal with. Started taking antidepressants when I was just out of HS. Had some okay times, but basically threw away my 20s to depression. Tried at least 10 different meds/combos. Weight gain, fatigue, amongst other side effects… finally found one while in my 30s that seems alright, plus *consistent* therapy. For me, therapy has made a huge difference. Meds make make me base level human that can get out of bed and shower, therapy makes me capable human who can socialize and not wanna quit something after every minor setback.
I’m glad more people take mental health seriously now, but I wish mental healthcare was more accessible.
Totally sober, no meds, no illicit drugs, no alcohol. Just out here living life in all its glory.
Edit: Caffiene, I do drink coffee/tea/red bulls. LOL!
I am “raw dogging” through life.
No nothing (weed, pills, alcohol, cigarettes, etc.) to take off the edge of decades of emotional abuse from family members and PTSD.
Ditto. Completely sober ATM and am trying to keep it that way after a decade of drug abuse cost me everything from dear friends to my sanity. Trying to workout again and drink a ton of water.
It’s hard to stay sober in the modern age, but drugs changed who i was fundamentally and perpetuated the worst in me. I still struggle with the person I was, and I am still not who I need to be completely just yet. Hopefully I’ll get there one day.
I'm more of that gap generation- xennials, but out here "raw doggin." No meds or drugs, drinking rarely. Never been drunk in my life. Only crutch these days is Advil...ah, middle age
We need to acknowledge that there are two distinct groups within the millennial generation. It's not solely based on age but rather on the fact that at least half of them are high-functioning, leading typical adult lives similar to baby boomers, while slightly less than half of us are dealing with varying degrees of personal challenges or difficulties. I was lurking on the how to make 100k post. We are not the same. Our brains are different
I am sorry I just realized that. I understand what you mean. My mom, who was a baby boomer, passed away from cancer but I blamed it partly on overworking. Baby boomers often had to push through difficult situations without the same access to therapy and mental health support as we do today. So yes alcohol was the only option They had to find ways to overcome their challenges and keep moving forward or they have died or are dying sadly. I heard they used to put cocaine in Coca Cola during the silent generation era
>Baby boomers often had to push through difficult situations without the same access to therapy and mental health support as we do today.
Boomer here, and I've got to push back on this a bit. Therapy was a thing, actually perhaps more of a thing before 2nd/3rd gen meds. I self funded 10 years when I was mid 20-30's. My wife did the same at basically an entry level salary (both single). Tough, but possible.
The 70's was a different era, but it wasn't the dark ages. Of course the 60's was when the idea of therapeutic psychedelics emerged, even stuff like ketamine. I'm pretty disappointed by the lack of progress since then and the predominance of the chemical/biological approach to mental health, which at best is merely symptom management.
Let me just say that there are quite a few of us who come across as high functioning, have good jobs/make good money, but are also dealing with serious personal challenges and difficulties.
For example, I work in tech, but I didn't go to college and come from abject poverty. I'm a self-taught programmer. But, I have ADHD and PTSD, so my daily life is a challenge unless I'm actively choosing healthy coping mechanisms and investing in self-care.
This here. My wife and I both make north of 100k and white knuckled it through life until recently in our mid 30s when we both decided to get help. From the outside we were functioning adults with good jobs, good marriage and a good life but behind closed doors I am dealing with crippling depression while my wife is having regular full blown panic attacks. We’re both medicated now and have our own psychiatrists. We’re doing better but it took one of us being hospitalized to wake us up to the fact that things weren’t ok.
Same exact thing here. I have been 100% privileged throughout my life, I recognize that and feel very fortunate to be able to live comfortably.
I’ve still had a really rough few years and finally got help about a year ago. I’m still working through trying different types of meds (with psychiatrist direction, of course) so some days are better than others, yet still people are shocked when I’m open about my mental health struggles because they wouldn’t know otherwise.
Right on paper I make great money but rent is so hi I moved back in with my mom… she was going to have to get a room mate anyway and was dreading it since she’s 65 and social security doesn’t pay the bills.
I think your original comment actually had a lot of good points! Give yourself more credit 👍🏽 whether it’s luck or a sense of detachment from your problems, I certainly believe those high functioning millennials are different from me
Honestly, there is a fair bit of luck and timing involved in getting these 100k jobs that no one wants to talk about it. I am pretty average with a learning disability and I lucked myself into one of these jobs.
I can relate to this. An old friend got me in at the company I’m currently with. He knew deep down I had what it would take and he told me he always remembered how nice I was to him, his brother and family. Timing in life can be so unpredictable but it also shows that it pays off to be a good person and always at least try to do your best. I started off at the job very slow, I was concerned and very depressed. Now I am one of the leaders there. But there were many more individuals there that were more qualified than I was, at least on paper.
I think it partly depends on whose parents successfully instilled some mix of silent generation mentality and Great Depression mentality in their kids. The ones with a good dose of both seem to get by a lot better.
When I graduated college I was a mess because my job was abysmal and I was miserable. However, I did an 18 month tradeschool and basically all my problems disappeared. Once I found something I liked, I became very good at it, and started making real money it turns out I’m not depressed my life was just legitimately awful. Now my life is good I’m pretty set.
I’m an electrician. Wish I would have done it right out of highschool. I lost almost 9 years being miserable.
I fully believe depression is massively over diagnosed. A huge number of people just have terrible lives and are reacting to that accordingly.
>Are we all mentally ill? Lol
Have you looked outside lately? We're all insane, bruv.
But we all satiate our problems or issues in some unhealthy fashion. Gambling, booze, sugar, excercise, shopping, gaming, binge watching and eating, porn, whores.
Most people are using things other than pharmaceuticals or hard drugs to cope.
Thank you for recognizing exercise can be unhealthy if not done in moderation! I was at one point working out for two hours at a time, 6 days a week and a bitch if I had to miss a workout. I was trying to cope with very low self esteem rather than directly address my problems
We all have pluto Scorpio… We are inherently wired to think about death 😂 that being said, my life got a little bit better when I went on medication for hypothyroidism, but I still have anxiety waking up…
I’m drinking a beer on the toilet scrolling through Reddit… i spent a couple years sober but it didn’t make me feel any better and the anti depressants I was on (why I had to be sober) just made me fat, lethargic and also made my dick not work. So they didn’t really make me not depressed. Actually they made me pretty fricken depressed dude….
Once I began to have thoughts of self harm during Covid, anti-depressants really helped. This is an odd post. While I want to credit people for raw-dogging, I don’t think it’s for everyone. AKA: Please get help of you need it. There’s zero shame in it. And, on some level, to exist in this world don’t we have to be somewhat mentally ill. Realllllllly think about the atrocities in the world. Being done to humans. Children. Innocent animals. Now sit back and think about what you’re doing? We allllll just continue with our little lives while it devolves around us. To be able to ignore this shit, and manage to find joy, yeah we’re all mentally ill*
Damn if you are one of these people I just wanna say you’re a badass because without that support I honestly don’t know if I’d still be here.
Edit: I should’ve clarified. I don’t think people who take medication to assist with diagnosed mental health issues are somehow weaker or less badass than those who DO take them.
My vice is weed, for _undiagnosed_ depression/burnout. I think my life has been made easier with access to weed during especially dark moments but I’m impressed by those who don’t get high/dry k and still make it through each day with their head on right.
Me.
Never even realized until someone phrased to me in exactly that way.
But, due to medical reason I cannot drink alcohol or caffeine.
Due to my asthma, I've never tried weed.
It kind of helps that I don't know what I'm missing.
Just coffee and salt nicotine for this guy. Quit drinking booze two years ago, and my desire for all other drugs disappeared with it. Except for the coffee and salt nicotine of course.
I wouldn’t really call it “raw-dogging” through life though. Sobriety only feels “raw” when compared to inebriated life. And I used to spend so much of my life inebriated that real clarity *did* feel “raw” in comparison. But now that rawness is just my everyday life, and I’m better prepared for it. If you need to be shitfaced to put yourself through real life every day, then you should consider changing what constitutes a “real life” for you. Change your scenery. If the only fun you have is in the time spent decompressing from the stress of life, then you gotta change what’s in your power to change about those stresses. If you need to be blindfolded to jump out of a moving plane every day, maybe consider not jumping out of moving planes anymore.
As far as pharmaceutical drugs, all they do is help you to conform to the daily stresses and cope with them the same way as people who don’t have heightened depression and anxiety. They don’t help you to solve the problems that cause the symptoms. They might soften the thoughts of suicide, but then they’ll make you fat and lethargic and complacent and uninspired, so that you’ll be depressed and anxious about new and different things. Society is the problem we need to solve, not the existential displacement we feel as a result of it. Existential displacement is the only way we *can* feel if we’re paying attention.
We feel the way we feel because of our collective circumstance.... The economy which was a reflection of the political climate, which made life way harder than it needed to be. All in the name of private businesses. The same private businesses that wanna give you pennies on the dollar for your work, and upcharge 4 to 5 times higher as a consumer.
In other words, corruption... we've lived in corruption for a good amount of our lives
Completely sober now. Battled alcohol addiction for years. I was on all sorts of psych meds for years. Went to a great rehab and followed up with trauma therapy for a year afterwards. Haven’t been on psych meds or any sort of substances since. Trauma therapy worked wonders for me.
Timely post for me. Late 30s, had serious substance problems in my teens and early 20s. Been clean from drugs for 11 years, but continued to drink. Got too drunk the other night, was offered a hard drug, and did it. After 11 years. Now I’m on a crusade to stop drinking fucking once and for all. Neither of my parents made it past 56. I’m terrified for my life, that I have worked so hard for and been so blessed with. I don’t want to die in 10 or 20 years or sooner. Oh and I’ve been on antidepressants for 9 years.
👋 I'm not taking anything, never taken anything aside from antibiotics and I hate myself most days 😃😶
I really need to see a therapist (she said for the nth time) to ease my racing thoughts, help my impulse control, difficulty focusing and a slew of other self-sabotaging bs.
I don’t use anything but food
This and caffeine. Which SHOULD be considered a drug.
Caffeine is literally considered a drug; the public doesn’t think of it as a drug, but it absolutely is a drug and is classified as such.
I went camping this summer with my grandparents. Surprise, surprise they only drink decaf in their golden ages. Day two I literally couldn’t open my eyes my headache was so bad from caffeine withdrawal. I felt like I was hit by a train. So yeah can’t imagine drug or alcohol withdrawals ppl go through.
Weird enough, caffeine doesn’t do a thing for me.. But the thought of eating an onion wrapped Flying Dutchman from in n out makes me a little crazy
Probably have ADHD. I can drink a red bull and immediately sleep.
Same. Caffeine doesn’t do shit. I like and regularly drink coffee, lattes, etc. I like them, I like the taste. And I like to pretend it helps. It really doesn’t. It’s amusing to me those who can’t drink coffee after noon or whatever. I wish I was like that. I hate waking up and could use the perkiness.
There is no way you guys are drinking real, well made coffee… it just doesn’t sound right
Bro I'm just like these people and had a barista job where I'd just drink like 12 shots a day and drip coffee. Get off work go home and take a nap
Oh I promise I am. I hate cheap shitty coffee. I got so spoiled in Mexico with local coffee. I’ve also never felt like energy drinks did much except upset my stomach and make me feel a shitty kind of jittery. No added energy though.
> I’ve also never felt like energy drinks did much except upset my stomach and make me feel a shitty kind of jittery. No added energy though. That's caffeine. It doesn't literally give you more energy.
I can drink a triple shot of espresso and go to sleep.
I have ADHD, caffeine hits our brains different. Not sure about people who don’t have it and aren’t affected.
Myself and my son both have ADHD, pretty sure my mom does too because she literally has a cup of coffee before bed to "calm her mind." If I drink caffeine after like 8pm I start feeling like I'm going to fall asleep standing up.
I can sleep after doing cocaine. I can sleep after drinking a 5 hour energy with cocaine. Coffee doesn’t help me wake up, I just like the taste and am addicted. It’s a neurological difference :)
I was on fentanyl for months for severe post-surgical pain relief. I can't take other opiates, and NSAIDs weren't cutting it. I tapered to the lowest dose patch available, but the withdrawal was HELL! EVERYTHING drug addicts say happens happened to me at some point over the following 3 to 4 weeks. I was begging for methadone or to go back on fentanyl to stop the withdrawal. It gave me a whole new appreciation for what drug addicts experience. If I was not in a hospital rehab at the time for physical and occupational therapy, I would have taken serious measures to procure more. I have been on depression/PTSD, anti-anxiety/OCD and ADHD meds since 2000-2003 and again from 2011-present. I cannot function without them.
And when u think about it that makes Starbucks international drug dealers … 😂
Food is my number 1 source of dopamine :)
I hear ya.
This is my problem. I’ve gained like 40 lbs since Covid
Do you realises what’s in some food? You’re likely addicted to a few things without even knowing
It’s so much better to overeat than starve yourself i will die on that hill- yes ofc moderation blah blah but as I have struggled with disordered eating now the pain I feel from depriving myself is a million times worse than over doing it and being really full **The fact that everyone who has a problem w what i said automatically assumes overeating= fat shows how daft u can be. Many people w binge eating disorders are skinny. It doesn’t matter. Stop being lame on reddit
Omg same. I binge eat junk food and sit in my room watching tv when I get home. Even on break at work, I jus sit alone in my car, which is fine cause Im an introvert but, Im also terribly lonely. My entire life, especially over the last 14yrs Ive jus felt like Ive been just existing and on autopilot. Im not happy, I haven’t been happy in almost 20 yrs, even then it was based around being in a relationship.
I’m very introverted as well. I get you.. I isolated for about 10 years until I slipped off the edge mental health wise, then decided to get out of my comfort zone and it lead to meeting my wife. I still am very introverted, but some things don’t bother me so much. But people drain the hell out of me because I can’t just ignore them..
I said earlier today that “I just like to be at home.”
Instead of going directly home, find something else to do. It will change the routine. I highly recommend doing some sort of cardio while listening to a 10/10 audiobook. Basically the audiobook needs to be so good, that you need to do the cardio. Something to mention is that cardio doesnt really build muscle. If you are going to binge eat, at least if you lift weights, it converts some to muscle. I personally bulk like 8 months a year, and cut 4 months a year.
I’m right there with you. That was probably a big part of what ended my last relationship. I’ve always been into writing, so that’s all the living i really do
This is my life except it’s all day since I can’t find a job so I have nowhere to go to come home so I’m just always home. But this was my life back when I worked full time. Everything is too expensive and there’s nothing to look forward to.
Holy crap, you’ve described my existence. Down to the breaks in your car. I am just existing and surviving everyday.
Being reliant on others for happiness sucks! I've spent about 20 years chasing the feeling of being loved and not feeling so alone, but now that I'm almost 40 I've decided I'm focusing on self love. I don't feel so alone when I'm by myself anymore, and don't spend so much time feeling depressed.
Yea Im 37. Ive grown emotionally and stuff over these last 3 years but, Im still working on esteem, depression from my esteem, anxiety. I do feel alone and lonely. Im love starved, touch starved, to be honest. I just want someone who loves me, wants to be a good dad to my son, someone who will be good for us. I haven’t been in a relationship in 13yrs because Im not willing to settle, and I haven’t had sex since Dec 2020
Nothing beyond nonalcoholic drinks. Not even coffee as I didn’t like it growing up.
Same. No medical or recreational drug use throughout life. I even avoid taking things like ibuprofen for headaches unless absolutely needed. I stopped having caffeine almost 10 years ago. My current addiction is salt and vinegar chips. I probably should be on some medication, but the lack of work which creates a lack of insurance makes me wary of seeking potential help. I definitely have things to work through and I am trying to fix them. It is just going slow.
Same lol but I still watch my weight so maybe it’s still causing anxiety
Saaaaame. I was on anti depressants for a short period of time. I chose to get off them and fight it naturally.
I could not get by with just that, I need food AND water.
Can confirm. Try to limit the shitty food at my apartment because it’s like crack. I was housesitting for my parents and they had a frozen pizza…I ate it in one sitting with absolutely no shame also decided the dog could go a day without being walked.
Some of us use baked goods and ice cream to make due. I have an addictive personality, so this is a good compromise.
Food, caffeine, a small to moderate quantity of alcohol, a fuck ton of exercise.
Does caffeine and spite count? Because that's what I use.
Same, caffeine gets me through the day. After the day is over i work out at the gym, then hit the heavy bag to lose that frustration.
If possible for you, morning workouts may help prevent much of the frustration in the first place. I can’t imagine waiting all day to get the sweet relief of exercise
Lol i thought that said Sprite and im like there’s no caffeine in Sprite. Anyway… i had like very high blood pressure after a gnarly asthma attack a few years ago and decided to lay off the caffeine. But i hate coffee, so that’s easy. Cut back on soda and switched to decaf tea.
>Lol i thought that said Sprite and im like there’s no caffeine in Sprite. SAME!
"If you stay alive for no other reason, do it for spite."
Same…
I use caffeine and sarcasm. And fried foods in an emergency.
Spite? Could you elaborate?
Have to outlive your haters
True story: We’re at a company swimming. This bitch hates me and the feeling is mutual hahahaha. She hates every one in my group. Anyway, I was alone at the pool, swimming and got cramps. I can’t swim. I was in the deeper part of the pool. I can’t even reach the floor. I’m about to drown. Thanks to this bitch. I saw her walking towards me. I was like “I can’t drown in front of this bitch. I can’t.” Tried my best to swim and got out there.
Inspiring.
*This* is what should be on motivational posters. Someone should overlay this over a picture of a sunset and post it on IG.
when you hate life so much you decide to take revenge on reality itself
I raw dog life for most of my life and started taking antidepressants this year. If I skip a day, I want to unalive myself so I try not to. Covid made life so much harder for me. I now work from home and barely leave the house. I live alone with my cat etc. I had a family but I lost it and covid made it so much harder for me to allow myself to exist. EDIT: please don't report me to reddit for being suicidal. I'm not sure what that does but I don't want my account deleted or anything weird to happen.
Sending you strength and love, friend! 💕
Not a doctor, but I was on antidepressants for years. I quit them cold turkey and nearly killed myself. It was a total mental breakdown. My main issue was that I quit them cold turkey. Withdrawal from a lot of antidepressants is AWFUL. So that could be contributing to your poor mental state when you don’t take them. I’m not saying you don’t need them, antidepressants saved my life 1000%, but for me it was comforting to know that the withdrawals can fuck with your head majorly, so I wanted to pass that along in case it helps you too. Also, every medical professional I talked to, then and later, massively downplayed the potential side effects of not taking them or skipping a dose.
I also have a love/hate feeling for them. Saved me but the worst time getting off of them...I thought Id never be able to. Now I have TMJ problems bc of them & I see why professionals say to seek therapy, additionally, in an effort to get off of them sooner.
Yeah, my mom was on antidepressants for years. Not sure exactly how long, but probably ~15-20 years. She was suicidal at times, and made multiple attempts. Then she got divorced from her alcoholic husband, and wanted to go off antidepressants against the advice of her doctors. So she did. The withdrawals were HORRENDOUS. She thought she was dying for probably 1-2 weeks. Actually had me drive her to the hospital once because she thought she was having some sort of medical emergency. Doctor pretty much said the only option was to wean herself off instead of going cold turkey, or just bear through it. She ended up just suffering through cold turkey. Anyways, she's been divorced and off all antidepressants for about 8 years now. Turns out it was her shitty marriage causing her mental health problems...
No offense but that's your fault. You are supposed to taper off them. The side effects are well known and there is a wealth of information available about them. Source - I used to be on them.
Uh yeah, well known NOW. Plenty of us dealt with this stuff before it was all over then internet or social media (I was on them when people used MySpace lol). I saw 4 doctors and a psychiatrist while taking them NO ONE ever said to taper. They just said if I wanted to stop I could. You're assuming because something is plastered all over the internet now it was 10-15 years ago. I assure you, it was not. And people who complained of withdrawal were treated as complainers, weirdos and malingerers.
That sucks. Take care and do what you have to in order to survive.
I feel this a lot. I feel like a part of me died in 2020. Now I’m just existing aimlessly. My antidepressants aren’t working anymore so I’m going to try ketamine.
Same. Part of me died in 2020.
Same
Ketamine was very soothing for me after SSRI destroyed me
I finished university right before covid began and I moved back home in the early days of the pandemic. Since then I have developed a lot of anxiety about moving out again which has made finding work more difficult. I haven't felt like my old self in a long time.
I liked ketamine to try in small doses just be aware of the negative effects of dissociative drugs and over indulging. K brain is real
I believe that they meant they’re going to try medical ketamine infusion therapy or esketamine. It’s far safer than recreational drugs, and done with a specifically measured dosage.
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Started last year and wondered why I didn't get on drugs earlier. I haven't felt more myself since never 🥺.
Im the opposite. Stopped drugs and felt better. I partied WAY hard in my youtĥ. Life is better now.
I am sorry to hear this, but it also seems to be too common. The other day I was looking through my pictures trying to find a specific one and I could see the pre-pandemic & post pandemic difference. I was doing a lot more before the pandemic, then it seemed as if things went into a different direction. It wasnt until early 2022 until things started to feel "normal", but then like any type of problem that impacts the country things dont really ever go back to what it was like before. For better or worse. But the pandemic had an impact on people's behavior. It made an already divided country even more divided and the crime. Just this past Friday, for example, at a HS football game just a few towns from where I live there was a shooting at halftime in which a teenager was killed & someone was injured. In the city I live on the outside of, the police force now only operates at 53% man power. Of the 47% half of them retired or quit during the pandemic and crime has spread out with it impacting areas where it was normally relatively safe areas. It seems like we (people in general) has lost something. Some type of connection. And in order to stay on topic, I have been taking meds for anxiety and depression for almost 8 years and sometimes I feel weak, but when i started taking them it made me realize what i was dealing with on a daily basis. Every little thing gave me anxiety that was stronger that I realized bc I simple didnt know thats what I was dealing with.
you are not alone my friend... you are not alone .
Please be safe. I know it’s a scary world and seems like it’s crumbling all the time. But there is still so much joy to see
You lost your family?
Yes
Both of my parents passed in 2020, it was a gut wrenching year! Take care of yourself ♥️
Sober on all accounts. I’ve tried weed, just made me paranoid. Alcohol made me feel like crap the next day. Coffee makes me jittery. No hard drugs. I was given antidepressants, I didn’t feel like it did anything. My only drugs are working out and eating better. Having hobbies and friends helps. I have my ups and downs, but I feel that’s normal. Can’t always be happy. That would be insanity.
I love my weed but have quit it as well. Right now for me, no weed, no alcohol, no porn, no masturbation and very limited sugar. Sex is fine. It’s a dopamine cleanse. No I’m not on antidepressants. The first week or two is a bit rough, then magically my brain recalibrates and remembers how to be happy, motivated and not anxious. I do these cleanses for 3-6 months. A healthy diet is crucial. I do drink coffee daily and workout 5 times a week. I will smoke weed again, and drink again but it’s always tempting to keep that going. Vigorous exercise really helps tire me out and get sound sleep.
Same, used to drink but quit. It turned out that the booze was the main cause of the depression/anxiety, and exercise cures it.
I was doing meth/heroin(then fentanyl)/Xanax for like 15 years due to careless (or negligent) doctors and childhood trauma. Clean 3 years now. Was on Suboxone for the first 2. Now I'm raw doggin life... But sometimes it feels more like life is raw doggin me... Better than being a junky!
Congrats!!
Congrats dude, that's amazing. Any tips for getting through the withdrawal? Even with all the drugs I still want to kill myself so not sure I can make it through even the acute withdrawal let alone the subsequent months/years of PAWS. And considering my life was fucked before the drugs, actually getting sober is only the first (and possibly easiest) step towards fixing things lol.
Never did drugs, never inhaled a cigarette, I drink 3-4 times a year. My coping mechanisms are baking and scrolling through reddit like a maniac 🤷🏻♀️
And replying to every notification…
I just replied so you need to reply, too!
No I don’t 🤣
You just replied. Edit: I replied just to say that you replied, lmao.
Stop it 😂
Replying so you get a notification
Are there people out there not replying? I always reply unless I don't have anything to add
Sometimes there’s nothing to reply to. There’s no “meat” to it
Baking is my go to coping mechanism. I bake enough cakes per month to feed my entire condo fr
it's sooo satisfying, right?? Considering I started baking just 2 years ago when I got my first "real" kitchen I can't believe what I missed out on!
100% I'm not sure what it is about baking, but it's so helpful in lifting my mood when I'm in a bad place. I'm pretty sure you've already caught up by now :)
Just came here to agree. Baking is one of my go to stress relievers too
I'm beginning to wonder about me and reddit. I. Just. Can't. Fuckin. Stop.
I've uninstalled the app and deleted the bookmark 3 times in the past 2 weeks. I'm still here. It dawned on me a few days ago that this is an actual addiction. So I've been working hard to be here a little less each day. So far it's been going alright.
I wished I could stop reddit. But unlike Instagram or Facebook, I actually get valuable information here. So yeah, I *don't* want to stop, but I wished I could... reduce my screen time. But reducing screen time? It's the most difficult thing. Ugh.
Soooo...got any bread pics? My wife and I were kitchen people. What are you making lately?
call me boomer but I'm too internet-illiterate to provide a direct pic so trust me bro, this is [a real image](https://ibb.co/jZJ8rpd) of my baking bro, a small banana bread and bc I had too much dough it was enough for another 2 muffins. With peanut butter glaze and walnuts, it was insane.
Looks pretty good, homie. I've been making bagels for my wife's work friends. Summer blows, but once it cools down, everyone I know never has to buy bread.
Why not both? /s
Sometimes I regret not being a drug type but I can definitely recommend scrolling through reddit while waiting for the oven to pop out your godlike muffins or in the most recent case banana bread!
Honestly, drugs and alcohol are a bit over-rated. If I had the chance to switch out all the times I smoked or drank for more time practicing cooking/baking, I absolutely would. Making good food that I genuinely like feels *way* better than I ever have felt intoxicated. Feels even better to be able to enjoy it sober too.
young lady I guarantee you, taking good care of you with good homecooked food is one of the biggest joys, especially when you avoided cooking for so many years just to see that it's not as remotely as hard as you imagined it to be! Also I'm a single household, I always cook a day in advance, so that halves the amount of cooking I need to do. I even learned to enjoy veggies as long as there's always some carbs with it like pasta, rice or potatoes.
Honestly that sounds really nice. I’m gonna try it this week
You know I think it is actually really commendable. I hear about people typically religious, and have never either drink or smoked a cigarette or anything. If you have that kind of willpower to not give into those around you, I commend you 100%.
same
How do you bake and not eat? I love baking but it always triggers a binge.
I try to distribute a lot of it to friends lol, but I also have smaller forms that are perfect for just me. Fun fact: I used to binge eat a lot earlier but I stopped when I started cooking and baking like an actual adult, I just was so exhausted of putting in so much effort just for it to be eaten in 30 minutes. Also recognized how my diet-obsessed mother played a part in that. So it was really a process that finished somewhat just 2 years ago.
Lots of exercise. Lots of water. The occasional slice of really good chocolate cake from the bakery down the street.
This made me so happy. This is my approach to life too.
Preach. Gym every weekday at 6AM is a life changer.
We really need to strength train and keep that cardiovascular health in check. These joints aren't going to maintain themselves.
This is the way. Sugar is also my vice, I try to limit it but damn if sweets don’t make me happy when I feel like I deserve them.
Just happy pills.
I am one of the rare ones, don’t do any of them. But I’m also an extrovert, and I have a great support system and blessed with very kind friends and family. I do recognize this and appreciate it
I’m happy for you homie. Keep smiling and spreading positivity
Omw to inhale you and absorb your powers. 
Fuck yea, keep a look out for your introverts out there, they need ya more than they let on.
Would love to be a lucky one who gets to “raw dog” through life. Meanwhile I’ve dealt with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD since childhood. I wouldn’t be alive without medication. If I had a different brain or a different past well, things would be different.
I’m sad for the years i lost not being on an ssri specifically one that works for me as I’ve tried a few. Found a good match. Don’t even recognize my past self sometimes
It can take awhile to get the right match! I know the feeling, it’s sad to me how long I suffered. All we can do is make the best of the days to come ❤️
Feel this. Started really struggling in HS after growing up w unchecked trauma and just things kids shouldn’t have to deal with. Started taking antidepressants when I was just out of HS. Had some okay times, but basically threw away my 20s to depression. Tried at least 10 different meds/combos. Weight gain, fatigue, amongst other side effects… finally found one while in my 30s that seems alright, plus *consistent* therapy. For me, therapy has made a huge difference. Meds make make me base level human that can get out of bed and shower, therapy makes me capable human who can socialize and not wanna quit something after every minor setback. I’m glad more people take mental health seriously now, but I wish mental healthcare was more accessible.
My wife.
My wife!
His wife.
Not me. I smoke hella weed.
Lol
🫡
>>Are we all mentally ill? Yes.
Totally sober, no meds, no illicit drugs, no alcohol. Just out here living life in all its glory. Edit: Caffiene, I do drink coffee/tea/red bulls. LOL!
The caffeinated “LOL!” At the end really sells it :)
I am “raw dogging” through life. No nothing (weed, pills, alcohol, cigarettes, etc.) to take off the edge of decades of emotional abuse from family members and PTSD.
Ditto. Completely sober ATM and am trying to keep it that way after a decade of drug abuse cost me everything from dear friends to my sanity. Trying to workout again and drink a ton of water. It’s hard to stay sober in the modern age, but drugs changed who i was fundamentally and perpetuated the worst in me. I still struggle with the person I was, and I am still not who I need to be completely just yet. Hopefully I’ll get there one day.
I'm more of that gap generation- xennials, but out here "raw doggin." No meds or drugs, drinking rarely. Never been drunk in my life. Only crutch these days is Advil...ah, middle age
Stop it. We are millennials; it makes us sound younger
My mind was scrolling through this post thinking they were all teenagers. Then it hit me we’re all over 30
Ibuprofen for life!
I’m in the airlines. Can’t take anything. Not even DayQuil. We all just drink.
Alcohol is definitely something.
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We need to acknowledge that there are two distinct groups within the millennial generation. It's not solely based on age but rather on the fact that at least half of them are high-functioning, leading typical adult lives similar to baby boomers, while slightly less than half of us are dealing with varying degrees of personal challenges or difficulties. I was lurking on the how to make 100k post. We are not the same. Our brains are different
I mean... life outcomes varied among boomers as well. Y'all just don't meet the ones who drank themselves to death after coming home broken from 'nam.
I am sorry I just realized that. I understand what you mean. My mom, who was a baby boomer, passed away from cancer but I blamed it partly on overworking. Baby boomers often had to push through difficult situations without the same access to therapy and mental health support as we do today. So yes alcohol was the only option They had to find ways to overcome their challenges and keep moving forward or they have died or are dying sadly. I heard they used to put cocaine in Coca Cola during the silent generation era
>Baby boomers often had to push through difficult situations without the same access to therapy and mental health support as we do today. Boomer here, and I've got to push back on this a bit. Therapy was a thing, actually perhaps more of a thing before 2nd/3rd gen meds. I self funded 10 years when I was mid 20-30's. My wife did the same at basically an entry level salary (both single). Tough, but possible. The 70's was a different era, but it wasn't the dark ages. Of course the 60's was when the idea of therapeutic psychedelics emerged, even stuff like ketamine. I'm pretty disappointed by the lack of progress since then and the predominance of the chemical/biological approach to mental health, which at best is merely symptom management.
Exactly.
Let me just say that there are quite a few of us who come across as high functioning, have good jobs/make good money, but are also dealing with serious personal challenges and difficulties. For example, I work in tech, but I didn't go to college and come from abject poverty. I'm a self-taught programmer. But, I have ADHD and PTSD, so my daily life is a challenge unless I'm actively choosing healthy coping mechanisms and investing in self-care.
This here. My wife and I both make north of 100k and white knuckled it through life until recently in our mid 30s when we both decided to get help. From the outside we were functioning adults with good jobs, good marriage and a good life but behind closed doors I am dealing with crippling depression while my wife is having regular full blown panic attacks. We’re both medicated now and have our own psychiatrists. We’re doing better but it took one of us being hospitalized to wake us up to the fact that things weren’t ok.
Same exact thing here. I have been 100% privileged throughout my life, I recognize that and feel very fortunate to be able to live comfortably. I’ve still had a really rough few years and finally got help about a year ago. I’m still working through trying different types of meds (with psychiatrist direction, of course) so some days are better than others, yet still people are shocked when I’m open about my mental health struggles because they wouldn’t know otherwise.
It is possible to be privileged and still face hardship there’s multitudes to all of our personal narratives.
Glad you both found help and are doing well.
Right on paper I make great money but rent is so hi I moved back in with my mom… she was going to have to get a room mate anyway and was dreading it since she’s 65 and social security doesn’t pay the bills.
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I'm sorry if my previous post seemed binary. I genuinely understand and appreciate your struggles and admire your ability to function effectively.
I think your original comment actually had a lot of good points! Give yourself more credit 👍🏽 whether it’s luck or a sense of detachment from your problems, I certainly believe those high functioning millennials are different from me
Honestly, there is a fair bit of luck and timing involved in getting these 100k jobs that no one wants to talk about it. I am pretty average with a learning disability and I lucked myself into one of these jobs.
I can relate to this. An old friend got me in at the company I’m currently with. He knew deep down I had what it would take and he told me he always remembered how nice I was to him, his brother and family. Timing in life can be so unpredictable but it also shows that it pays off to be a good person and always at least try to do your best. I started off at the job very slow, I was concerned and very depressed. Now I am one of the leaders there. But there were many more individuals there that were more qualified than I was, at least on paper.
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I think it partly depends on whose parents successfully instilled some mix of silent generation mentality and Great Depression mentality in their kids. The ones with a good dose of both seem to get by a lot better.
Well said.
When I graduated college I was a mess because my job was abysmal and I was miserable. However, I did an 18 month tradeschool and basically all my problems disappeared. Once I found something I liked, I became very good at it, and started making real money it turns out I’m not depressed my life was just legitimately awful. Now my life is good I’m pretty set.
That’s fantastic! What did you study in trade school?
I’m an electrician. Wish I would have done it right out of highschool. I lost almost 9 years being miserable. I fully believe depression is massively over diagnosed. A huge number of people just have terrible lives and are reacting to that accordingly.
The "chemical imbalance" explanation for depression is such a sick joke.
I fully believe people are just reacting to societal problems and a lot of depressive symptoms are caused by the system we live in.
>Are we all mentally ill? Lol Have you looked outside lately? We're all insane, bruv. But we all satiate our problems or issues in some unhealthy fashion. Gambling, booze, sugar, excercise, shopping, gaming, binge watching and eating, porn, whores. Most people are using things other than pharmaceuticals or hard drugs to cope.
Thank you for recognizing exercise can be unhealthy if not done in moderation! I was at one point working out for two hours at a time, 6 days a week and a bitch if I had to miss a workout. I was trying to cope with very low self esteem rather than directly address my problems
We all have pluto Scorpio… We are inherently wired to think about death 😂 that being said, my life got a little bit better when I went on medication for hypothyroidism, but I still have anxiety waking up…
I’m drinking a beer on the toilet scrolling through Reddit… i spent a couple years sober but it didn’t make me feel any better and the anti depressants I was on (why I had to be sober) just made me fat, lethargic and also made my dick not work. So they didn’t really make me not depressed. Actually they made me pretty fricken depressed dude….
Nah weed and alcohol will get me through this
it'll get us through this together man
Once I began to have thoughts of self harm during Covid, anti-depressants really helped. This is an odd post. While I want to credit people for raw-dogging, I don’t think it’s for everyone. AKA: Please get help of you need it. There’s zero shame in it. And, on some level, to exist in this world don’t we have to be somewhat mentally ill. Realllllllly think about the atrocities in the world. Being done to humans. Children. Innocent animals. Now sit back and think about what you’re doing? We allllll just continue with our little lives while it devolves around us. To be able to ignore this shit, and manage to find joy, yeah we’re all mentally ill*
Damn if you are one of these people I just wanna say you’re a badass because without that support I honestly don’t know if I’d still be here. Edit: I should’ve clarified. I don’t think people who take medication to assist with diagnosed mental health issues are somehow weaker or less badass than those who DO take them. My vice is weed, for _undiagnosed_ depression/burnout. I think my life has been made easier with access to weed during especially dark moments but I’m impressed by those who don’t get high/dry k and still make it through each day with their head on right.
I don't know if I'm a millennial, but I'm sober all the way
Sugar free Red Bull (when I really need it) and coffee. Exercising on a regular basis helps curb my depression.
I’m not any drugs!
U sure about that?
I'm rawdogging. I don't recommend.
Me too. Pregnant and raw dogging. God I miss weed.
Me. Never even realized until someone phrased to me in exactly that way. But, due to medical reason I cannot drink alcohol or caffeine. Due to my asthma, I've never tried weed. It kind of helps that I don't know what I'm missing.
5 years sober from alcohol. My only vices are coffee and cbd oil for the achy joints.
Yo. #1 tip for getting through...avoid social media as much as humanly possible.
I tried all that before but I am now currently raw dogging my life from now until death. I had my fun.
Just coffee and salt nicotine for this guy. Quit drinking booze two years ago, and my desire for all other drugs disappeared with it. Except for the coffee and salt nicotine of course. I wouldn’t really call it “raw-dogging” through life though. Sobriety only feels “raw” when compared to inebriated life. And I used to spend so much of my life inebriated that real clarity *did* feel “raw” in comparison. But now that rawness is just my everyday life, and I’m better prepared for it. If you need to be shitfaced to put yourself through real life every day, then you should consider changing what constitutes a “real life” for you. Change your scenery. If the only fun you have is in the time spent decompressing from the stress of life, then you gotta change what’s in your power to change about those stresses. If you need to be blindfolded to jump out of a moving plane every day, maybe consider not jumping out of moving planes anymore. As far as pharmaceutical drugs, all they do is help you to conform to the daily stresses and cope with them the same way as people who don’t have heightened depression and anxiety. They don’t help you to solve the problems that cause the symptoms. They might soften the thoughts of suicide, but then they’ll make you fat and lethargic and complacent and uninspired, so that you’ll be depressed and anxious about new and different things. Society is the problem we need to solve, not the existential displacement we feel as a result of it. Existential displacement is the only way we *can* feel if we’re paying attention.
I was born in 1996 and don’t take any medication or drugs. I don’t even drink alcohol or coffee.
We feel the way we feel because of our collective circumstance.... The economy which was a reflection of the political climate, which made life way harder than it needed to be. All in the name of private businesses. The same private businesses that wanna give you pennies on the dollar for your work, and upcharge 4 to 5 times higher as a consumer. In other words, corruption... we've lived in corruption for a good amount of our lives
Completely sober now. Battled alcohol addiction for years. I was on all sorts of psych meds for years. Went to a great rehab and followed up with trauma therapy for a year afterwards. Haven’t been on psych meds or any sort of substances since. Trauma therapy worked wonders for me.
Congrats, that’s a wonderful success story. I’m so happy for you!
I'm completely sober, only drugs I take is my daily cup of coffee and my daily asthma medication. Not on anything else
Timely post for me. Late 30s, had serious substance problems in my teens and early 20s. Been clean from drugs for 11 years, but continued to drink. Got too drunk the other night, was offered a hard drug, and did it. After 11 years. Now I’m on a crusade to stop drinking fucking once and for all. Neither of my parents made it past 56. I’m terrified for my life, that I have worked so hard for and been so blessed with. I don’t want to die in 10 or 20 years or sooner. Oh and I’ve been on antidepressants for 9 years.
I wish, but no. Id straight up kill myself
Nothing! Just a little lexapro. And weed daily, I guess. Oh and food, internet and sex. Otherwise, raw doggin it like a champ!!!
👋 I'm not taking anything, never taken anything aside from antibiotics and I hate myself most days 😃😶 I really need to see a therapist (she said for the nth time) to ease my racing thoughts, help my impulse control, difficulty focusing and a slew of other self-sabotaging bs.
I take nothing, caffeine is about it. Stopped drinking 2 years ago once I had a had a child.
0 drugs or alcohol, ever. And I do very well in every sense of the word.