tellegraph on Nostr: 1) This is beyond bullshit, this is straight up harmful. 2) You can't just... ...

1) This is beyond bullshit, this is straight up harmful.

2) You can't just... self-sacrifice your way out of depression. So many reasons, but anecdotally: I "help" people all day, and only the people who show gratitude in return fill my emotional tank. "Helping" doesn't automatically give you Feel Good, Moral Superiority cachet. If people are ungrateful wretches, and many are, trying to give and give more and more of yourself leads to burnout and worse depression! Martyrdom is not the opposite of or the antidote to depression. You know what is, if we insist on a one-size-fits-all cure? Connection. Not "charity" or "serving" but CONNECTION WITH AND COMPASSION FOR YOUR FELLOW HUMANS.

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All depression starts with thinking about yourself, what you aren’t doing, what you aren’t getting, and how your own expectations aren’t being met by the world.

Stop thinking about yourself, and find a mission that energizes you, and go after it. And it doesn’t have to be grand or massive, small missions that matter will change your perspective quickly. Find a single person that needs help, or one thing that needs to get done, and just do it.

Meaning is the cure for depression.

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