re: Seeing a lot of "mental health" posts here and in the news in general

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YOU are YOUR OWN problem

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No shite. Every depressed person will agree with you. The problem is that they are not “in control” of their own psyche, but rather the other way around. The jailer is their own brain. Telling people with severe chronic depression, especially people discussing suicide things like “just stop f$&king worrying about it” is like telling a sick person who can’t keep food down to “just stop throwing up”. They would if they could. They have TRIED.

The reason they are talking about it and seeking help in the first place is because they do not possess the necessary tools to beat their disease alone. Calling someone “soft” for seeking help with a disease is like calling someone “soft” for going to the doctor to cure their cancer. Did those St. Jude kids ever try not being sick? Loser chemo-patients. Back in my day, we just rubbed some dirt on leukemia, took a shot of whiskey, and got over it.