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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Saitama and overgrown rover?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That's Guts

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Fuck this is way too real

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

fake, the doctor didn't tell him the dog was all in his head

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, mental illness is all in your head. Because head broken.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Depression or whatever doesn't mean you're broken per se, but yeah. In a perfect world your doctor would be able to acknowledge that the brain controls the body.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Black dog I see Daily, Nightly Monthly, Yearly Sweetly, Dearly

https://youtu.be/-PWYwgjncFs

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He had to sell his jacket to afford the doctor's appointment 😞

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's still wearing it when he feeds the pupper his night night yums, which would be after the appointment and after picking up the prescription.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of this song.

Great song btw.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Actually a pretty good representation of depression and anxiety medication

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This immediately reminded me of Adventures with Anxiety, a browser game about living with Anxiety.

It's very well done, and simultaneously funny & serious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks, that was really useful

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Dude just train your dog not to bite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

My little velvet hippo pippo doesn’t bite, it consumes.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What the fuck is a metaphor?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It's for metaing these nuts

I love that Google is so absolutely trash now that when you Google "What is a meta for?" it just assumes you're a moron and refuses to even consider the possibility of throwing up a blog of dad jokes that includes that exact line.

This joke exists, Google, I know it does. You will not be spared.

Edit: DDG got me

What's a meta for?

Nothin! What's a meta for you?

This is apparently a Christian joke that I do not understand, that or a meta joke about another set up about "What is a meta," but DDG found it, dammit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

For me meds halp me feel in control again. I still get sad, mad, etc, but it feels like they are for valid reasons rather than just ‘because’.

Could be that now the beast is tamed, he is stressed because of problems the beast helped cause

[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 months ago (9 children)

He still doesn't look happy

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago

He still needs time to catch his breath. It’s like how getting a single good night’s sleep doesn’t leave you fully rested but it’s still important to do.

The first few steps aren’t “get better” but rather “stop feeling worse”.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Well, it is a black dog. Keeping it at bay is often the best we can do.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

Antidepressants aren't a silver bullet for mental health, they only bring you closer to your (healthy) baseline. The most difficult barrier to a healthy change for mental health is our obligation to waged work, and in some cases are the cause of poor mental health.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He doesn't habebthe direct pain of being chewed on, but the beast lingers there waiting for the pills to wear off.

Of course they aren't happy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, someone other than me constantly hits b instead of space too. Nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Phone keyboards suuuuck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I think that's the point.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s because he killed death with pills, apparently, and now he became death himself, as it can be noticed by black clothes in last panel. And it is hard and ungrateful work to be a death. Why would he be happy?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The comic is about depression, not death.

He doesn't look happy because the medication doesn't magically cure him.

All they do is temporarily quench the longing to die. At least sometimes. The other times they just help you to fall asleep before you fall apart.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Ok, thank you for explanation, but I on purpose came up with alternative explanation making a joke.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pills don't magically make people constantly happy. But without them it's barely possible to be happy in the moment

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For me, they made me feel nothing even when I should feel something. My heart goes out to anyone going through this.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure if you've tried this but just in case, ask your doctor to try other types of antidepressants which might not have the same effect. One pill might totally numb you but another might leave the highs alone.

I hope you and anyone else reading this can find something that works for you!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Because the cure is illegal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That's because it's a pill and not a joint, perhaps.