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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
So you think it's normal that we create a stressful lifestyle and instead of stopping to think how to change it, we just pop a pill to handle it.
And I get it, it's stressful, but again... if you can't handle it, it's time to reconsider what you want to do with your life. Live simplier. Find a way to enjoy life. Living life you hate and taking FML pills... is sad, tragic and if people really think this way, then I weep for humanity.
And seriously, people work everywhere... but in some places,including California you actually earn decent wage. And in some places people are grateful for a ****** job because the unemployement rates are skyhigh.
Traffic, working and bills? One Czech journalist once noted that "what they call stress these days, we used to call "life".
At least they have choices they can make about their lives. We all do in the better parts of world.
I myself whine and complain, but I realize it's all white-whine. And if my lifestyle comes to the point when I don't think I can get through a day without medicating myself.... I would take that as sign that I am doing it wrong.
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So basically just because someone is not going through something as terrible as you have experienced or your friends (or live where a war is happening) then they are not allowed to complain, feel stressed or something like that? I understand there is always a worse situation, it can always be much worse but that doesn't mean what person feels or stresses about is not real. The last thing someone with mental illness needs is guilt for having these feelings because other people have it worse. They have enough guilt as it is.
It isn't always as simple as picking up, moving, changing your life, especially with mental illness. I believe I agree with what Zinco said above, what stresses you is valid, and what stresses other people is also valid.
My medication definitely helps me handle stress better and in the end I think that is better for me. It helps me solve my problems and make better choices for my life.