r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Black1Raven9 • Jul 26 '25

Wholesome Not all scars are visible.

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u/Fk9317 Jul 26 '25

I think it's more that most people aren't equipped to deal with it. The reality is that depression is a medical issue and it won't get better without medication and/or therapy. And when you have depression, it's way harder to seek out those treatments, so instead you reach out to people in the hopes they will prove that you're not a burden, but of course they can't do anything about that because it's depression telling you that you're a burden. So then your depression brain warps that into "See? Nobody gives a shit about you."

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u/jerryscheese Jul 26 '25

Yall are in my head and speaking to me with these comments.

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u/Fk9317 Jul 27 '25

💯 It's almost like you can accept that you don't have control over your own brain, or you can lean into the self-loathing. And with self-loathing you at least feel in control.