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Bow howdy do I know that feel.
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Yep, how I dress has little to do with how I feel on any particular day, it just means that’s what I grabbed from the closet or drawer when I got dressed.
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I seem to be lucky, my doctor understands the concept of “high functioning.” I know several people who have described this situation happening to them.
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I’ve had one of my shrinks do this too, judging my mental state based on my appearance. I couldn’t possibly struggle that much if I managed to wash my hair that one day a week when I had to leave the house for an appointment with her, right?
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Well at least he didn’t tell her to diet or exercise. How many have suffered from that diagnosis? “Oh your depression must be a food disorder…”. Time to bring truth to mental health.
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While I don’t think depression is caused by a lack of exercise, I’ve found that exercise seems to help with the symptoms — if you have enough volition to exercise in the first place. Dead-end manual labour jobs are crappy, but at least they get you out of the house and doing something useful.
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I had one of those. It was early enough in my therapy that I tried it. The doctor was surprised that I’d actually listened to her, and bewildered that I had no improvement even though I’d lost weight.
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hooray it’s one of my parents…? ><;;;
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Some people even give me this treatment when my hair dries neat or a little messy. It’s nuts, and it hurts.
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