For those with mental health problems, what's the most "dude what" treatment you've been recommended? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Years ago I saw a doctor and I wasn't depressed I just wasn't breathing right. I didn't need therapy or pills. I needed breathing exercises. Shockingly, the karate kid breathing exercises didn't help, but prozac did.

It’s an SSRI, which can apparently help breathing if you’re low on serotonin since serotonin affects breathing. You probably already know that though. I was on Prozac for a bit too but in my case it was pretty bad

 

[Ahsoka]

I’m not defending your grandmother because I know other weird things she’s said that you’ve said, nor am I Christian, nor am I religious, but I think (for some people not all) religion helps them because it gives them hope when they otherwise wouldn’t have any

Oh for sure, but if I thought that it’s helpful and believable for me I would convert without her asking me if I’m certain I don’t want to so that I can cure my depression. She wasn’t overly pushy but she did ask me to consider it after I said no rather than accepting I’m not a religious person. Hopefully she’ll drop it though.

 

[Ahsoka]

my doctor made me go to this mindfulness group therapy when i was 21 and my memory has erased most of it but my blood boills just thinking about it

Yikes

 

[litc]

Idk off the top of my head rlly, I suppose a lot of stuff especially from my parents but this I suppose would be considered unconventional. I don’t even know if adhd is a mental health thing, I have things that I know are, but like I can’t think of answers to this question of the top of my head for the most part

Spoiler: Idk if this needs a tw?

Ok so I’m not lazy ok.

Anyways ofc among other things my mom thought I was lazy then ig. I get distracted really easily and things take me much longer than other people regardless of how good I am at it, etc.

So one thing I would do, when I got distracted, is I would like whip?hit?smack? myself on the back of the hand with a pencil when I got distracted. Not like a light rap, it HAD to sting each time. Bc you can acknowledge you’re getting distracted but that doesn’t rlly suddenly switch ur brains train of thought. I needed smth to SNAP me out of it, a shock. Anyways, yeah I would do that, and like I said, it would have to sting, and I also have a high pain tolerance, so it would be like hard, I had accidentally snapped pencils into two pieces before just by whacking the back of my hand and I had welts on top of welts on the back of my hand (but I also heal quickly so they went away in less than a day)

and part of me doing it I guess was to show my mom, look I’m not lazy, look I’m rlly trying, if I wasn’t trying, would I do this? Wouldn’t I just stay distracted instead of doing this?

So anyway my psychiatrist said instead of whacking myself with a pencil, I should wear a rubber band around my wrist. And snap that when I get distracted instead. Which I thought was weird then, I mean it still leaves welts if you make it sting (bc otherwise there wouldn’t be a point to me) but just now I looked it up and apparently it’s not weird and normal, snapping urself with a rubber band to stop bad habits?

so actually I guess my answer doesn’t even make sense rip

but anyways yeah I wear a rubber band on my wrist all the time now, I usually break them from fidgeting with it every few days or weeks, I just have like a whole pack I bought.

And I consider it like a must for me to have

generally tho ppl would not know it’s for that bc most of the time I fidget with it/ play with it bc it’s rlly hard for me to not have smth to do with my hands, so ig that’s just a plus (having smth to fidget with)

 

[litc]

I would convert without her asking me if I’m certain I don’t want to

I’m confused by this part

 

[eyebags]

The Christian and Muslim sides of my family just tell me to pray more, say I’m not thankful and compare my life to the lives of those who are suffering from illness, homeless etc.

I got advise to work out from a family member, and it actually really works for me. I work out like everyday now and I genuinely feel so much better and more accomplished.

Working out, regular therapy and changing my perspective on life is what got me through my dark depression. (Also finally leaving my toxic ex but that’s a story for another day)

 

[Ahsoka]

Idk off the top of my head rlly, I suppose a lot of stuff especially from my parents but this I suppose would be considered unconventional. I don’t even know if adhd is a mental health thing, I have things that I know are, but like I can’t think of answers to this question of the top of my head for the most part

Spoiler: Idk if this needs a tw?

Ok so I’m not lazy ok.

Anyways ofc among other things my mom thought I was lazy then ig. I get distracted really easily and things take me much longer than other people regardless of how good I am at it, etc.

So one thing I would do, when I got distracted, is I would like whip?hit?smack? myself on the back of the hand with a pencil when I got distracted. Not like a light rap, it HAD to sting each time. Bc you can acknowledge you’re getting distracted but that doesn’t rlly suddenly switch ur brains train of thought. I needed smth to SNAP me out of it, a shock. Anyways, yeah I would do that, and like I said, it would have to sting, and I also have a high pain tolerance, so it would be like hard, I had accidentally snapped pencils into two pieces before just by whacking the back of my hand and I had welts on top of welts on the back of my hand (but I also heal quickly so they went away in less than a day)

and part of me doing it I guess was to show my mom, look I’m not lazy, look I’m rlly trying, if I wasn’t trying, would I do this? Wouldn’t I just stay distracted instead of doing this?

So anyway my psychiatrist said instead of whacking myself with a pencil, I should wear a rubber band around my wrist. And snap that when I get distracted instead. Which I thought was weird then, I mean it still leaves welts if you make it sting (bc otherwise there wouldn’t be a point to me) but just now I looked it up and apparently it’s not weird and normal, snapping urself with a rubber band to stop bad habits?

so actually I guess my answer doesn’t even make sense rip

but anyways yeah I wear a rubber band on my wrist all the time now, I usually break them from fidgeting with it every few days or weeks, I just have like a whole pack I bought.

And I consider it like a must for me to have

generally tho ppl would not know it’s for that bc most of the time I fidget with it/ play with it bc it’s rlly hard for me to not have smth to do with my hands, so ig that’s just a plus (having smth to fidget with)

I’ve heard of the rubber band thing for self harm, not for other things though.

 

[Ahsoka]

I’m confused by this part

Basically if someone needs to encourage me like that in order for me to decide to convert I probably didn’t actually want to do it. So her asking me to consider converting isn’t getting any closer to me converting. If I wanted to I would have already without her pressure.

 

[Ahsoka]

The Christian and Muslim sides of my family just tell me to pray more, say I’m not thankful and compare my life to the lives of those who are suffering from illness, homeless etc.

I got advise to work out from a family member, and it actually really works for me. I work out like everyday now and I genuinely feel so much better and more accomplished.

Working out, regular therapy and changing my perspective on life is what got me through my dark depression. (Also finally leaving my toxic ex but that’s a story for another day)

The last two paragraphs are good but the first sucks. People like that make me so annoyed.

 

[StirFriedPanda]

It’s an SSRI, which can apparently help breathing if you’re low on serotonin since serotonin affects breathing. You probably already know that though. I was on Prozac for a bit too but in my case it was pretty bad

Actually I didn't know that. I went to a different doctor who laughed when I told him. He said breathing thing is great for movies. He prescribed therapy and prozac. The insurance denied the therapy since I wasn't suicidal... I was only on the mess for a few months and I got over it.

 

[Ahsoka]

Actually I didn't know that. I went to a different doctor who laughed when I told him. He said breathing thing is great for movies. He prescribed therapy and prozac. The insurance denied the therapy since I wasn't suicidal... I was only on the mess for a few months and I got over it.

I dunno, I’m not a doctor but the serotonin affecting nightly breathing seems like it’s known, though possibly it’s a fairly recent thing. Were your breathing problems only during the day or at night too?

 

[StirFriedPanda]

I dunno, I’m not a doctor but the serotonin affecting nightly breathing seems like it’s known, though possibly it’s a fairly recent thing. Were your breathing problems only during the day or at night too?

I don't think there was breathing problems at all. I was just depressed. Like was falling apart, I was a salesman who went from number 1 to zero, my truck got repo'ed. Life sucked. I got through it. That's what counts.

 

[Ahsoka]

I don't think there was breathing problems at all. I was just depressed. Like was falling apart, I was a salesman who went from number 1 to zero, my truck got repo'ed. Life sucked. I got through it. That's what counts.

True, getting through it is the most important part.

 

[litc]

I’ve heard of the rubber band thing for self harm, not for other things though.

When I searched it up today it said it was used apparently to stop smoking?
Idk if what I did before was considered that but hmm

 

[litc]

When I searched it up today it said it was used apparently to stop smoking?
Idk if what I did before was considered that but hmm

@Vikki by what I did before I meant why I was told to wear rubber bands and the “that” for considered that was what you have heard of the rubber band being used for

nothing to do with smoking, I’ve never smoked

 

[Ahsoka]

@Vikki by what I did before I meant why I was told to wear rubber bands and the “that” for considered that was what you have heard of the rubber band being used for

nothing to do with smoking, I’ve never smoked

I thought so, I didn’t think you smoked

 

[Wingfrost]

Idk if this counts but my first counselor threatened to put me on a 5150 because I refused to talk to her. I did not like that woman to say the least.

 

[Ahsoka]

Idk if this counts but my first counselor threatened to put me on a 5150 because I refused to talk to her. I did not like that woman to say the least.

Wtf

 

[Wingfrost]

Wtf

Yep.
She said because I didn’t answer her when she asked if I was going to harm myself is when she brought my mom in and told her that. Ngl I thought my mom was going to slap her
But I was also 10 year’s old, just had a lot in my life change because of something and my trust in strangers wasn’t very high so I don’t quite understand how she thought a kid should feel comfortable in such a new experience to talk to a complete stranger.

 

[Dreamer_of_Songs]

“Depression is just an excuse for being lazy.”

This was said by my community college biology professor during our presentation for finals. Let’s just say everyone, including myself just judged him for saying that. He was a cool professor until he said that