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My experience of this - Yep that is the point and also the hard bit. It's like it strips away the depression/anxiety/whatever that's actually there because your brain is standing between you and THE STUFF you can't quite look at head on. The drugs replace that maladaptive stuff with...blank....but THE STUFF is still there. It's just now you can see it and work with it. It's still hard. But you've bought yourself some capacity. And the ability to put some distance between yourself and THE STUFF so you can start to see THE STUFF is not actually you.
(The you in that is the general you / how I experienced it for me. I am not trying to tell you what your experience is. Hope that makes sense)
Big hugs and random internet support from someone who also walks a weird path
Makes perfect sense. It feels like I can do what I need to so I can fix things. Without the problem stopping me.
Kind of a vicious cycle in a way.