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To: Heartlander
She started Zoloft eight months ago for some mild anxiety about work.

What happened that we somehow think anxiety is something that should be treated with medication?

Anxiety is normal when you are under stress. You should have started to learn to deal with it sometime about age six or seven.

Medication is for real problems. Not, oh I have three reports to fill out today. You work for the bomb squad you may end up with anxiety that needs medical treatment.

Most people do not.

54 posted on 08/12/2025 9:07:27 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

At one time the Pharma/Shrink complex was pushing a completely false narrative that you could have depression without symptoms. Let that sink in.

Read the DSM4 sometimes for a good laugh. My favorite Disorders: drinks too much coffee, can’t do math, disagrees with the shrink’s diagnosis. That last one is very obviously insane. In many jurisdictions you can be involuntarily institutionalized for these disorders.


60 posted on 08/12/2025 11:15:16 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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