The only thing that has ever improved my mental health in any measurable capacity is making more friends. That’s literally it
The way isolation plays on your psyche, and the way that a solid support system can improve your life is insane. One of the worst things that we did as a society is removing most avenues to find this kind of thing, and the over reliance on the idea of getting better on your own
!!!
the exchange “I’m not sure there’s a difference between being a realist and having clinical depression” / “The difference between realism and clinical depression is family and friends” sounds like something out of… well, I guess don’t know what it sounds like. But it was actually in the comments on a Cat and Girl webcomic strip in like 2007 or 2010 or something
Which, actually, is probably exactly what it sounds like. Because organic groups of people interacting are where some of the absolute best thoughts happen.
Which was part of the original point of that thought anyway.
