77 points

Actually a pretty good representation of depression and anxiety medication

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This immediately reminded me of Adventures with Anxiety, a browser game about living with Anxiety.

It’s very well done, and simultaneously funny & serious.

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2 points

Thanks, that was really useful

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57 points

He still doesn’t look happy

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75 points

Pills don’t magically make people constantly happy. But without them it’s barely possible to be happy in the moment

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18 points

For me, they made me feel nothing even when I should feel something. My heart goes out to anyone going through this.

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I’m not sure if you’ve tried this but just in case, ask your doctor to try other types of antidepressants which might not have the same effect. One pill might totally numb you but another might leave the highs alone.

I hope you and anyone else reading this can find something that works for you!

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28 points

He still needs time to catch his breath. It’s like how getting a single good night’s sleep doesn’t leave you fully rested but it’s still important to do.

The first few steps aren’t “get better” but rather “stop feeling worse”.

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Antidepressants aren’t a silver bullet for mental health, they only bring you closer to your (healthy) baseline. The most difficult barrier to a healthy change for mental health is our obligation to waged work, and in some cases are the cause of poor mental health.

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12 points

Well, it is a black dog. Keeping it at bay is often the best we can do.

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He doesn’t habebthe direct pain of being chewed on, but the beast lingers there waiting for the pills to wear off.

Of course they aren’t happy.

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Hey, someone other than me constantly hits b instead of space too. Nice.

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2 points

Phone keyboards suuuuck.

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6 points

I think that’s the point.

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4 points

That’s because it’s a pill and not a joint, perhaps.

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0 points

Because the cure is illegal.

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That’s because he killed death with pills, apparently, and now he became death himself, as it can be noticed by black clothes in last panel. And it is hard and ungrateful work to be a death. Why would he be happy?

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The comic is about depression, not death.

He doesn’t look happy because the medication doesn’t magically cure him.

All they do is temporarily quench the longing to die. At least sometimes. The other times they just help you to fall asleep before you fall apart.

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2 points

Ok, thank you for explanation, but I on purpose came up with alternative explanation making a joke.

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fake, the doctor didn’t tell him the dog was all in his head

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To be fair, mental illness is all in your head. Because head broken.

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9 points

Depression or whatever doesn’t mean you’re broken per se, but yeah. In a perfect world your doctor would be able to acknowledge that the brain controls the body.

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22 points

Dude just train your dog not to bite.

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What the fuck is a metaphor?

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It’s for metaing these nuts

I love that Google is so absolutely trash now that when you Google “What is a meta for?” it just assumes you’re a moron and refuses to even consider the possibility of throwing up a blog of dad jokes that includes that exact line.

This joke exists, Google, I know it does. You will not be spared.

Edit: DDG got me

What’s a meta for?

Nothin! What’s a meta for you?

This is apparently a Christian joke that I do not understand, that or a meta joke about another set up about “What is a meta,” but DDG found it, dammit.

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I’m So Meta Even This Acronym

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3 points

My little velvet hippo pippo doesn’t bite, it consumes.

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16 points

He had to sell his jacket to afford the doctor’s appointment 😞

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He’s still wearing it when he feeds the pupper his night night yums, which would be after the appointment and after picking up the prescription.

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