Posted by agencypanic on February 24, 2003, at 10:25:03
In reply to SSRIs - Social Anxiety vs Existential Angst?, posted by Alara on February 24, 2003, at 5:32:44
Thank you for an interesting post. I know someone who refuses to medicate herself for depression
because of the fact that she then becomes 'decentered' for lack of a better word.
I think that most of us are selling ourselves for something, be it medicine or a Lexus or whatever. I'm not sure that the choices are as vast as many believe:
consumerism seems to be a choice between sh** and sh** and that's still sh**, as the Anti-Flag song says.
Starvation is a bad choice, being off meds that help us even in little ways is probably a bad choice too. Working jobs that drain us of our self-worth and humanity is a bad choice-- vicious circles are no choices at all.
Probably not addressing your concerns with this, but I do appreciate the chance to vent and I do appreciate your message. Right now I'm attempting to find one of those
jobs so that I can afford my medication and some therapy. I'd had no luck at it and reached the point where I pursued the option of having myself declared "seriously mentally ill" so as to gain access to a state program
for medication and treatment. While I'm not overly sensitive to the stigma of being mentally ill any longer, I admit that it did take some convincing
to allow myself to take this route. Some choice, huh?
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