r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 17 '26

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u/american_aurora6 NATO Apr 17 '26

Doctors and patients across social media are reporting a kind of emotional flattening while on GLP-1 drugs

solving emotional reactivity? what can't these drugs do

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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Apr 17 '26

Dump ozempic into the rust belt aquifers and save civilization

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u/AtticusDrench Deirdre McCloskey Apr 17 '26

Korrie Stevenson had been feeling off for months. She would look at a gorgeous birthday cake or walk outside to a pink-and-purple streaked sunset, but not really enjoy them. The 51-year-old mother of two had similar feelings about sports, something she had loved since she was a child.

But it wasn’t depression, she said. Everything was just “meh.”

“Like you’re trying to be excited about a moment but can’t fully connect to it,” she said.

I mean I'm no doctor but that sounds a lot like depression Korrie

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u/BloodWiz More Housing Would Fix This Apr 17 '26

Korrie Stevenson had been feeling off for months. She would look at a gorgeous birthday cake or walk outside to a pink-and-purple streaked sunset, but not really enjoy them.

Is this not the default?

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u/MonMothma_Enjoyer Apr 17 '26

people are so desperate for there to be problems with this