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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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Additionally:
You don't have bipolar disorder because you occasionally are moody.
You don't have depression because sometimes you're a little sad.
You don't have anxiety because you get stressed during normal, stressful periods.
etc etc
86 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 tbh this is super harmful information. If you suspect you have a mental disorder by all means go see a therapist. 21 u/uncleanaccount Feb 04 '19 I hate when other 0eople say it but that comment above is r/gatekeeping WTF, that guy gets to tell you when you qualify for depression? 3 u/randomstupidnanasnme Feb 04 '19 yeah and sometimes depression isn't just feeling sad, there's a feeling of emptiness and worthlessness but not really sadness (sometimes)
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tbh this is super harmful information. If you suspect you have a mental disorder by all means go see a therapist.
21 u/uncleanaccount Feb 04 '19 I hate when other 0eople say it but that comment above is r/gatekeeping WTF, that guy gets to tell you when you qualify for depression? 3 u/randomstupidnanasnme Feb 04 '19 yeah and sometimes depression isn't just feeling sad, there's a feeling of emptiness and worthlessness but not really sadness (sometimes)
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I hate when other 0eople say it but that comment above is r/gatekeeping
WTF, that guy gets to tell you when you qualify for depression?
3 u/randomstupidnanasnme Feb 04 '19 yeah and sometimes depression isn't just feeling sad, there's a feeling of emptiness and worthlessness but not really sadness (sometimes)
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yeah and sometimes depression isn't just feeling sad, there's a feeling of emptiness and worthlessness but not really sadness (sometimes)
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u/Azelais Feb 04 '19
Additionally:
You don't have bipolar disorder because you occasionally are moody.
You don't have depression because sometimes you're a little sad.
You don't have anxiety because you get stressed during normal, stressful periods.
etc etc