"less to do with addiction"

Recently I heard a song that I don't know what it was from but it shuffled through on my Spotify playlist. During the song it said how "antidepressants don't make you special" and it made me think. Now I could say this is true because of how common medication is in this world. It is no big fuss when someone has to take medication. There are a couple myths however about what antidepressants and other medications actually do. I will address two of the main myths.

One is that antidepressants fix all the problems and make you feel happy. I'm sorry to burst your bubble but this is not how it works, antidepressants and other meds don;t just magically solve every problem you may have. What they do, if they are right for you, is they make things a little more tolerable. They give a step back to look at what you're feeling and what you want. It gives you an overhead view on what really happened or what you are going through. They will not, and I repeat will not, make you magically happy.

Next is that using antidepressants makes you weak. The truth is if you need antidepressants you were probably struggling with an unbearable feeling of both emptiness and sadness constantly. The drugs will do their job and will numb you out just enough to feel something but have control. That's their job. But using drugs to help yourself stay in control is nothing to be ashamed of and it is constantly made to feel like it should be. A person is not weak if they need meds, they are going through a lot you can't understand and are brave enough to get help in any way possible. This goes for any medication, may it be for ADHD, anxiety, depression, or psychopathy.

Meds are a dangerous game, they can cause addictions and numbness along with any side effects they bring along, but they also help to even a lot of people out. This is nothing to be ashamed of.