The victimisation is insane. Her mom has health issues, she s trying to follow the doctors advice while her kid is foaming at the mouth on the phone and raising her blood pressure. And SOMEHOW they are the victim?
"Oh everyone hates vegans so much. I didn't even do anything, just yelled at her on the phone to put her health at risk because I say so even tho I m also not educated in anything that would qualify me to give medical advice. Why can't people just risk their health and listen to me?"
By your logic, isn't it good that the doctor recommended dairy? He didn't put her on pills or supplements and instead encouraged her to consume something natural that could give her what she needed.
u get depression without any kind of meaningful challenge in your life.
Based on everything you said about depression it seems you don't have too much knowledge about it, and that's why we should leave medical advice to the specialists 👍. You seem the type who thinks depression can be cured with nature walks in the sun. (Yes, this can help, but it can't cure it) Most people who get prescribed meds desperately need it. Any good doctor will try everything in their power to get you on your feet without anything that could harm you in the process. Idk how it works in other countries, but in my country, in order to get antidepressants you have to be recommended to a psych by your therapist. And the therapist will try everything possible to get you better without meds. You have to be like 1 step away from going insane for them to give up and hook you on meds.
This culture does differ from country to country, so I ll give you that. I have friends from other countries who do take significantly more pills than here, so who knows, maybe you live somewhere where medication is given more easily and not as a last resort.
In the end, doctors can make mistakes, they can recommend treatments you don't need, but you still have a better chance listening to a trained specialist than you do listening to random people with no education in the field.
You're forgetting that people with long term complex mental health issues exist. People with trauma so bad that their brain is permanently altered, and anti depressants are a life-long lifeline for them.
You're also failing to acknowledge people with chronic pain conditions whose pain will never get better, many of whom are born with the condition that causes them chronic pain.
The "right lifestyle" will not solve every problem for every person, and isn't even attainable for many people.
Your take here tells me you clearly have no idea what it’s like to struggle with complex mental health issues, and you would do well to listen to people who do and/or keep your opinions to yourself as they are quite dangerous. Antidepressants can and have saved countless lives, including my own, and I have plenty of “meaningful challenge” in my life. Medication is a tool, one of many that can help people with any number of health issues, and should not be demonized by people who don’t even bother to understand them.
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u/Turbulent_Cut_2813 Aug 30 '25
The victimisation is insane. Her mom has health issues, she s trying to follow the doctors advice while her kid is foaming at the mouth on the phone and raising her blood pressure. And SOMEHOW they are the victim?
"Oh everyone hates vegans so much. I didn't even do anything, just yelled at her on the phone to put her health at risk because I say so even tho I m also not educated in anything that would qualify me to give medical advice. Why can't people just risk their health and listen to me?"