Depression Pt. 1/3: What Most Get Wrong / The Elder Millennial Lament

#depression #millenial #authortube
A theme of my book Autumn Queen Protocol: “Always surviving. Never thriving.” I, for one, am sick of perpetual survival mode. No matter how much Boomers browbeat us about it. (And learn to read econometric graphs.) I also forgot to mention that despite being much more strict about my teeth in recent years and having dental insurance, I'm getting my third root canal / crown in two years. I'm paying over $7,000 this year just on my teeth. Yay late stage capitalism.
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[@PunishedKenny]

Anything people say to try and help just demonstrates how little they understand the situation and it makes me feel even more alone. When I'm depressed, I just need time. There is no way other people can help, I just need time to process it, that's it.

[@shelleyandcritters841]

I really relate to that. ❤

[@PatrickAshe41]

In other words, ostracizing and "other"-izing is patently counterproductive. Connection and valuing who they are *already* are critical. Two good books on this: www.amazon.com/Depression-Cure-6-Step-Program-without/dp/0738213888 www.amazon.com/Lost-Connections-Uncovering-Depression-Unexpected-ebook/dp/B07583XJRW

[@PatrickAshe41]

“Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas.” - Thomas Buckle (often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt) With that in mind, compare this video to the commenters. And hey, three of which are positive and/or thoughtful. The other two . . . whew. It sounds like their message is, "Naw, fuck that issue-centric commentary, I wanna bash appearances (despite the old adage of appearances being deceiving). That's what the internet needs more of." The algorithm needs chlorine.

[@shelleyandcritters841]

Finally trying to catch up on your videos. Lots of good info here. People with depression are still people worthy of love. ❤

[@PatrickAshe41]

Agreed, although this video, of all videos, has two commenters hell-bent about making this video about my appearance. Gosh, that's how we fix depression! Go around calling people fat p*ss*es! *eye roll* The internet really is just a 4th grade locker room, FFS

[@shelleyandcritters841]

@@PatrickAshe41 I'd almost hope they're just trolls getting off on getting a reaction from you vs people who actually believe that nonsense 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@user-pw1bw2hk3e]

keep it up bro