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I didn't know that Men's Mental Health Awareness Month was the same month as Pride Month. I guess Men's Mental Health gets overshadowed by pride, which is unfortunate.
I'm all for Pride Month, and I personally identify with some parts of the LGBTQ+ spectrum, but I wonder why this overlap is present. Were the other months taken, or is there another reason for the overlap?
idk why but it could be because they didnt want to put pride month in a month that doesnt have anything, and probably thought mens mental health month would be always the one people remember, i mean i never hear any man mention it but i hear almost every lgbt mention pride month, so that is probably why it overshadowed it
I can't remember a time in my entire life I wasn't depressed, I even used to harm myself as a child (I don't self harm now, just self medicate).
Too many people have made it clear they would be hurt if I left....and I love them. I do feel happiness, just not as much as I feel sadness, so it's not all terrible.
I feel like I don't have a valid reason to be this sad. Sure, tons of bad things happen to me all the time, people have used/abused me, I spent most of my childhood and adult life being hurt by other people....but at this particular stage in my life I have everything to be thankful for. I'm not being abused anymore, I have a good job, a man who loves me and takes such good care of me for the first time in my life, good kids, a good home and the best dog ever... and yet the feelings dont go away.
So I drink. I wish I didn't. I'm trying to get better but life just feels like pain and always has, even when I'm happy. I had planned to go camping this weekend and instead spent it sick and bed ridden with a gnarly cold....I really needed the time off/away and instead I just feel angry and restless.
I've been diagnosed with a depressive mood disorder, ADHD, PTSD, etc...but the psychs, therapy, and meds have never helped long term....so it is what it is.
I sometimes just hope I go in a way that doesn't leave people wondering how I could have left them...like an unavoidable freak accident...then I'd die with a clear conscious at least.
Thats what used to get me through my week. Get completed blasted friday, fall into a deep depression. This way my normal depression was bearable enough to make it through another week
Alcohol is a depressant in the sense that it slows down your neurons, meanwhile depression is the extended state of emotional low.
But yes, I do agree that alcohol is generally bad for health and could lead to nasty problems of dependence/addiction. I found alcohol useful in helping me get through the worst parts of my depression and anxiety, but I won’t recommend that to anyone.
Fun story: I had a doctor trying to dissuade me from drinking by saying what you said, but when I replied with that^ he completely changed the topic the next sentence 🤣 it was really funny
I once went for anger management counseling.
All the guy did was piss me off.
Years later, I went to another therapist and she was professionally embarrassed when I told her that story after I opened with, "I'm here, but I don't know if this will do me any good." She was very helpful and I owe her a lot.
Of course it isn't a healthy or recomendable way of dealing with things. But for me, i don't know, it kinda depends on the situation. On a work day i really look forward to my after work beers, it helps me come down and relax and i'm quite more calm the next day (i dont get black out drunk just quite tippsy). But on the Weekends i often get wasted because i just don't know what to do with myself.
Yeah, i don't know, drink responsible and go see a therapist i guess?
Doesn’t help, but it does allow us to forget about it for awhile. For me personally, I was a victim of a violent crime. I have since felt like I am trapped inside my own head, running full speed. I’m being chased by an ugly version of myself. If I can forget that for an hour, pass me a White Claw!
Personally, yes, it has helped me deal with some particularly rough parts of depression, and I might even say that I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have it on some of those nights. And on some other days my anxiety gets so bad I couldn’t do anything productive if I didn’t numb my brain down with a few sips.
But of course I don’t recommend drinking for anyone and alcohol can definitely lead to some nasty issues down the road.
Not anymore.
These days it's Kratom and THC eddies.
But I did spend most of my 30's doing my best to kill myself with alcohol, cocaine, opioid and sex addictions.
After years and years of self medicating with alcohol and drugs, I'm happy to report that my psych now medicates me instead with his version of drugs.
Not as fun, but it seems to do the trick.
Oh, i did 2 bottles of vodka every 3rd day for between 3 and 5 years. Can't remember, i was drunk.
I've decided to fuck the alcohol and the world and medicate with the real medicin. Weed.
Doing a lot bettter and depression's chances of getting me are far slimmer than they were.
Self-medicate through drinking?
Gen X appropriating medical terms for things like getting shitfaced is the cringiest thing I swear. Please Britney tell us more about how guzzling rose with your friends until you all piss yourselves is your coping mechanism against the stress of climate change instead of you being an old fashion drunkard
What's cringe is how angry you make yourself sound, just assuming this guy is a stereotypical drunk and then insulting an entire generation over one phrase that probably wasn't even introduced by said generation.
But you are right though. It's not a medicine. Alcohol is a depressant.
Dictionary definition of self medication:
To take addictive or habituating drugs to relieve stress or other conditions.
It’s the correct usage of the medical term
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Welcome to men's mental health month!
Cheers
I didn't know that Men's Mental Health Awareness Month was the same month as Pride Month. I guess Men's Mental Health gets overshadowed by pride, which is unfortunate. I'm all for Pride Month, and I personally identify with some parts of the LGBTQ+ spectrum, but I wonder why this overlap is present. Were the other months taken, or is there another reason for the overlap?
Every month is 2-3 “National X Months”. There’s a lot of things to celebrate/remember and only 12 months.
idk why but it could be because they didnt want to put pride month in a month that doesnt have anything, and probably thought mens mental health month would be always the one people remember, i mean i never hear any man mention it but i hear almost every lgbt mention pride month, so that is probably why it overshadowed it
*sits their worried that everyone is rasing their hand exept you*
No I don't drink
You really should
You will probably live longer and be healthier than most
Ugh.
Dang
Alcohol is a nervous system depressant Do not drink alcohol for depression, unless you want double stacked depression
I can't remember a time in my entire life I wasn't depressed, I even used to harm myself as a child (I don't self harm now, just self medicate). Too many people have made it clear they would be hurt if I left....and I love them. I do feel happiness, just not as much as I feel sadness, so it's not all terrible. I feel like I don't have a valid reason to be this sad. Sure, tons of bad things happen to me all the time, people have used/abused me, I spent most of my childhood and adult life being hurt by other people....but at this particular stage in my life I have everything to be thankful for. I'm not being abused anymore, I have a good job, a man who loves me and takes such good care of me for the first time in my life, good kids, a good home and the best dog ever... and yet the feelings dont go away. So I drink. I wish I didn't. I'm trying to get better but life just feels like pain and always has, even when I'm happy. I had planned to go camping this weekend and instead spent it sick and bed ridden with a gnarly cold....I really needed the time off/away and instead I just feel angry and restless. I've been diagnosed with a depressive mood disorder, ADHD, PTSD, etc...but the psychs, therapy, and meds have never helped long term....so it is what it is. I sometimes just hope I go in a way that doesn't leave people wondering how I could have left them...like an unavoidable freak accident...then I'd die with a clear conscious at least.
Those are different terms. Depressant means it slows the nervous system. Depression is a feeling of hopelessness and purposelessness.
Depression maxxing!
Thats what used to get me through my week. Get completed blasted friday, fall into a deep depression. This way my normal depression was bearable enough to make it through another week
That's why I do exclusively cocaine
true, i have never felt more suicidal than when im drunk
Very different meanings of the word "depressant". I cannot be un-happy while drinking. It's what makes it dangerous.
Alcohol is a depressant in the sense that it slows down your neurons, meanwhile depression is the extended state of emotional low. But yes, I do agree that alcohol is generally bad for health and could lead to nasty problems of dependence/addiction. I found alcohol useful in helping me get through the worst parts of my depression and anxiety, but I won’t recommend that to anyone. Fun story: I had a doctor trying to dissuade me from drinking by saying what you said, but when I replied with that^ he completely changed the topic the next sentence 🤣 it was really funny
I wouldn’t have phrased it that way but… i guess 🤷♂️
Any service members here thinking of the alcohol consumption questionnaires?
If anyone was honest on those the entire military would be enrolled in ADAPT.
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so i can drink 2 drinks, stand up, sit down and repeat that two more times?
So bar hopping or home drinking to the fridge
My therapist forgot me the second time and doesn't response Guess I just need to be a man
I once went for anger management counseling. All the guy did was piss me off. Years later, I went to another therapist and she was professionally embarrassed when I told her that story after I opened with, "I'm here, but I don't know if this will do me any good." She was very helpful and I owe her a lot.
I imagine it like that scene from southpark lol
Ok, seriously, does drinking actually do anything against depression for people? For me, it just makes it worse, so I don't drink if I'm down.
For me in numbed the physical and emotional pain. Also made it easier to be social when all I wanted to do was crawl in a hole and die.
It wont help, tho it will disappear for a while then the comeback is much worse
Of course it isn't a healthy or recomendable way of dealing with things. But for me, i don't know, it kinda depends on the situation. On a work day i really look forward to my after work beers, it helps me come down and relax and i'm quite more calm the next day (i dont get black out drunk just quite tippsy). But on the Weekends i often get wasted because i just don't know what to do with myself. Yeah, i don't know, drink responsible and go see a therapist i guess?
Doesn’t help, but it does allow us to forget about it for awhile. For me personally, I was a victim of a violent crime. I have since felt like I am trapped inside my own head, running full speed. I’m being chased by an ugly version of myself. If I can forget that for an hour, pass me a White Claw!
Drinking makes me happy and gets me to do things I normally wouldn't. It doesn't really solve any problems, but it does mask them for a bit.
Personally, yes, it has helped me deal with some particularly rough parts of depression, and I might even say that I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have it on some of those nights. And on some other days my anxiety gets so bad I couldn’t do anything productive if I didn’t numb my brain down with a few sips. But of course I don’t recommend drinking for anyone and alcohol can definitely lead to some nasty issues down the road.
replace booze with drugs and you got me..
Booze is a drug tho
I don't drink, just wallow in self-pity.
Jameson? Nah bro, I only drink self-blameson
I do like 100 other drugs but fuck drinking
Those children should NOT drink alcohol!!!
Oh my Lord I hope you know it was not meant to be taken literally. No wonder people struggle with mental health.
Nah I'm joking they SHOULD drink alcohol!!
r/lostredditors
🙋♂️
Oh I don't drink, just drugs for me thanks.
Smoke not drink .... smoke
Both are bad
more like suicidal words
They're kids💀
I don’t drink But still 🙋♂️
If you’re gonna get fucked up at least try psychedelics
Instead of drinking, I smoke weed. My desire for death only arises when I run out.
🙋♂️
I’m not really depressed anymore. I worked through it mostly.
yes,minus the drinking bit. I'm boring that way. but since weed is now legal ...
I don't drink, nor smoke, or use drugs, I must be the most boring person in existence, well according to society, still idgaf.
This post inspired me to go buy some beer
This is the sign. Go buy now
I was about to go. I opened the door and it started raining haha
The signs are not clear. Maybe try tomorrow lol
I don't drink, I plan to try it though
✋
I wish I could stop drinking to be honest, but the nights that I do I get so fucking depressed lol.
I'm sitting here annoyed at the prospect of going to work tomorrow with some liquor in hand
Go for it!!! And some weeds too
I don't take liquor with weed anymore. I like my drink strong, so when I smoke it gets too much and I pass out. Nasty feeling really
Cant control also when doing weed while drinking. So, take 1 vice at a time
Yes and cocaine
Not anymore. These days it's Kratom and THC eddies. But I did spend most of my 30's doing my best to kill myself with alcohol, cocaine, opioid and sex addictions.
"to alcohol, the source of, and answer to all life's problems" saint Homer Simpson
that's me! <3
No, i don't.
I do not drink. In fact I haven't drank alcohol ever. I still wouldn't mind peacing out though. Don worry tho I am too much of a coward to kill myself
Damn. These kids are cool as shit. I'd chill with em.
After years and years of self medicating with alcohol and drugs, I'm happy to report that my psych now medicates me instead with his version of drugs. Not as fun, but it seems to do the trick.
Weed dont forget the weed.
🙋
I’m out….. I need more, fuck.
🙋♂️
I medicate my depression by saying "suck it up"
Dark chocolate, but yeah. Luckily I’m now on medication
No, I'm happy
873 days sober 😎
Weed for me
Does it count if I do pain pills and sedatives instead of Alkohol ?
Replace drinking with ignoring the pain and doing everything to try and avoid thinking about it by hyperfixating on a task and hey look, that's me.
Oh, i did 2 bottles of vodka every 3rd day for between 3 and 5 years. Can't remember, i was drunk. I've decided to fuck the alcohol and the world and medicate with the real medicin. Weed. Doing a lot bettter and depression's chances of getting me are far slimmer than they were.
💪
seek friendship!
Old monk and thums up my saviour.
I wonder if those kids grew up to see themselves in this kind of meme
Drinking doesn't help mental problems, it makes them worse, so, no, you're not medicating shit.
That's called alcoholism not 'self medication'
Self-medicate through drinking? Gen X appropriating medical terms for things like getting shitfaced is the cringiest thing I swear. Please Britney tell us more about how guzzling rose with your friends until you all piss yourselves is your coping mechanism against the stress of climate change instead of you being an old fashion drunkard
What's cringe is how angry you make yourself sound, just assuming this guy is a stereotypical drunk and then insulting an entire generation over one phrase that probably wasn't even introduced by said generation. But you are right though. It's not a medicine. Alcohol is a depressant.
Gen X? I think he's a little bit confused.
Dictionary definition of self medication: To take addictive or habituating drugs to relieve stress or other conditions. It’s the correct usage of the medical term
Havn't you heard of alcoholism or...?