Nanook on Nostr: There are other far effective and less debilitating means of dealing with emotional ...

There are other far effective and less debilitating means of dealing with emotional issues than psych meds. I was on SSRIs for nearly 30 years, the results were very bad, not only did it not cure the initial symptoms, depression and anxiety, any one SSRI would often suppress them for a couple of months but then after that no good, and the emotional deadness you describe, but it also caused me not to fear things I should which got me in trouble. So one day a Buddist offered me a meditation course free, I went, within a month I dropped the SSRI's, that was over 15 years ago now, haven't needed them since, have a relatively normal emotional life now and only requires about 15 minutes a day though I've kind of converted it into a walking meditation over time so don't really dedicate a specific time to it anymore just kind of integrate it into normal life now. They referred to it as mindful meditation but I understand there are quite a few varieties and ways to practice it.