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    26 days ago

    research is ongoing but it does involve more than just serotonin, at least as far as neurotransmitters

    speaking as someone who’s been clinically depressed since age 17, I think depression should be reclassified as a symptom and split into several mood disorders that cause it. in my case a majority of it was caused by undiagnosed ADHD making it an absolute nightmare for me to be a good student, and that was kinda the most important thing to me for a majority of my life

    the research is still nebulous. and underfunded

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        26 days ago

        I’m definitely socially stunted lol
        but I’m lucky to be close with most of my family and several good friends

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            uh, i feel uncomfortable? isn’t that how everyone feels when socially pressured to say yes? 😅

            doesn’t happen to me that often these days because my friendships have naturally gravitated towards people who don’t pressure me into stuff (except when like, i clearly need to be dragged out of the house for a mental health walk or something)

            rn i feel like some combo of test subject and celebrity interviewee. i hope this questioning isn’t somehow engineered to get my banking info lol

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              Nah, u good. Glad to hear you’ve cultivated the network around you in that way. It seems rather uncommon but we have that in common ourselves