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I'm not sure that this is truly so unpopular.

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  • Stress causes burnout. That's something else.

    Depression is when you don't do anything. You won't be "too busy". You're not even leaving your bedroom.

    Anxious people can't handle stress.

    • Depression isn't only "when you don't do anything." That's one of the forms severe depression can take, but it's better generalized as persistent lack of positive emotions and/or motivation resulting from decreased brain activity in key areas

      Also people diagnosed with anxiety can "handle stress," just not to the level demanded by modern society without significant impairment and distress

      • Nah we cannot handle stress. The difference before and after anxiety medication is tremendous. I went as far as having stomach damage from anxiety. Losing 20 kg because the anxiety kept worsening the condition. Trust me, we cannot handle stress.

        Depression's enemy is serotonine and dopamine. If you aren't stuck in your room, then you're able to workout. Able to get going. It doesn't feel like life's worth living at those moments. Life's on a pause button. But once you get that energy surge. Grab it with both hands and make sure that the motor doesn't stop running.

        Medication against depression is basically the same thing as you get from being active.

        I took Amisulpride for a while against depression after losing the 20 kg, then now am on 10 mg sipralexa. I feel 0 depression whatsoever. Quite the opposite. I have too much energy.

        never going back to anxiety disorder, it has nothing to do with the amount of work. It's just how my brain is wired. I'm very productive right now because I'm not anxious.

        • I think how well anxious people cope with stress varies. I'm a pretty anxious person, but I'm actually incredibly good to have on hand in a crisis. I also bizarrely enjoy these situations, because of how much calmer I feel. Like, it's not that I'm not anxious in these scenarios (there is at least one point where I had someone else's life in my hands, and that was fucking terrifying), but it felt like good anxiety.

          I've heard similar experiences from some others with anxiety (and one friend who effectively "solved" her anxiety by becoming a paramedic). it blows my mind how much variety there is in how ill mental health manifests, and how much we still have to learn about how things work.

          I'm glad to hear that your medication has helped you. It's awesome to find something that helps, and to be able to blitz through tasks that were previously impossible to do. I felt a similar thing when I started ADHD medication.

          • Wouldn't that be adrenaline or such helping you be calm?

            Personally the way I cannot handle stress would be: deadlines that aren't feasible. I'd be scratching heart area because it would feel weird.

            When I'm overly stressed, I can't keep myself from scratching certain areas. As my mind is going wild.

            In such situations I am completely useless to others. It should be illegal for me to drive on the road with a car in such moments too. It feels like I'm more impacted than when drunk.

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