What are some good foods that will help your mental health?

I find that a good salad with kale really helps the digestive tract, and a healthy colon is a happy colon. I would also recommend peanuts, but they dry your mouth out like crazy, so supplement it with water.

>>9360088
Instantly obvious that someone doesn't know what the they're talking about when they figure that forcing disingenuous social interaction will make people stop wanting to kill themselves.

Anyway, fatty fish will help.

>>9360128
I think it's moreso about not becoming unable to interact with other people well after isolating yourself from human contact.

Nuts.
Not deez, but nuts in general.

omega oils from fish

>>9360128
What about the porn and booze and weed and shit food and bad sleep and lack of exercise?

>>9360945

I' assuming you're on your own in correcting that.

>>9360088
literally anything because """""mental health""""" and """"""depression""""" are just memes designed by the jews so you will buy into all this retarded propaganda and feel sorry for yourself when nothing is wrong

t. person who believed he was "depressed" and realized how stupid the whole idea was

>>9360930
Mentally healthy, non-depressed person here. Social interaction is overrated. I used to love hanging around people and talking, and then as I got older, I realized it wasn't worth it and started to phase it out. Feels good, man.

>>9360088
I really don't know. I was eating a lot of berries and vegetables last summer, and I was in a pretty great mood, but I think most of that had to do with me getting a new job that I didn't totally abhor.

>>9360088
fruit in the morning

>>9361026
What kind?

>>9361122
Literally anything. Bananas, apples, oranges, berries, mango, pineapple, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, nectarines, plums. Literally any.

>>9361023
>I realized it wasn't worth it and started to phase it out.

Yet, here you are, doing what you claim you didn't need.

Sushi of any kind helps my mental state

>>9361122
Your favourite fruit/whatever fruit you've got. It's a small start but having a fruit breakfast will make you feel healthier and improve your mood by at least a tiny bit.

off-topic note: making your bed is another baby step you could try to help improve your mental health as you can consider it as accomplishing one small task of the day. You also get a welcoming bed when you decide to hop back in

>>9361168

I'd also add grapes to that list. Grapes are the greatest fruit of all, and come in many delicious varieties.

>>9361171
>internet
>social interaction
kek

>>9361180
>grapes
I said berries pal. Grapes are berries

>>9360088
I can guarantee you don't consume enough lentils as you should

>>9361225
This. Berries are weird. Grapes and tomatoes are berries, and strawberries and raspberries actually aren't.

>>9360990
Fuck off.

>>9360128
Depression is, as people with or without will constantly remind you, a chemical imbalance in your brain

Doing all that shit in the OP will definitely lead to a chemical imbalance in your brain

>>9362773
Prove it.

>>9361179
http://www.sciencealert.com/making-your-bed-each-morning-makes-it-easier-for-dust-mites-to-breed-science-finds

>>9360990
t. Person who needs to reevaluate their life

>>9361173
Yep, works for me too

The fatty acids and sheer enjoyment are probably the reason

if you have anorexia nothing can save you

if im not fasting, a pickle once a week is considered a treat for me

>>9362780
So I should just sleep without a blanket with a fan constantly blowing at me all night?

>>9360088
You know those things you eat that make you feel like a fat slob and want to kill yourself? Anything but that.

>>9360088
Raw fermented foods are supposed to help keep your digestive bacteria healthy, which has an effect on the brain. Some studies have shown that people with depression issues are more likely to have unhealthy gut flora. It's possible that depression causes the unhealthy flora, but it's still worth it to try and keep it healthy so you don't have to deal with stomach aches, diarrhea, etc.

Other than that, having cold, sweet, refreshing fruit during hot months can help keep you hydrated and refreshed when the heat is making you cranky. A little bit of tea once in a while can help too, as long as you don't drink too much and become addicted to the caffeine.

>>9360088
Not eating will help. Try fasting for a day.

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>>9360990

cooking itself is therapeutic.

but not cooking for some ungrateful bastards you call sons. cooking for yourself or for both you and your couple is pretty comfy.

it can be whatever in fact, itll always help your mental health. it helps when you dont get fat no matter what you eat.

Walnuts are shaped like little brains and are very good for your brain.

>>9360088
ok, what is going to sleep at 4am bad?

>>9363452
Because it means you have no job fag

>>9363483
>Night jobs simply do not exist

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>>9363489
Any job where you work at night is a shit job, that's why you are depressed

>>9363452
Nothing, as long as you aren't keeping yourself awake by refusing to go to sleep or using stimulants, or something like that. People just made a few of these shitty "starterpacks" on reddit to make fun of people with problems for upvotes. I eat healthy, exercise, don't use drugs, and all that good stuff but still have trouble sleeping and get depressed when the weather is hot, when I have nightmares, or am in pain from one of the multiple physical disabilities I have. Reddit can be a shitty place.

>>9363494
I like working at night, I work from 2pm to 10pm Monday to Friday.
I get time in the morning to ride my bicycle down to the river and do some fishing while I have my morning coffee, ride past the shop on the way home and pick up some groceries while most other people are at work.
Normally end up going to bed around midnight.
I don't get to socialise on Friday night with friends which can be a bummer.

>>9360088

Nice meme,

As some one who partakes in all of those things, lack of exercise is the big one.

Eat a burger, run 5 miles, smoke some stoges, drink 4 beers, do some push ups, jack off, eat another burger, sleep like a baby. Still within TDEE. Repeat.

But seriously, just exercise.

>>9362773
Depression is not a chemical imbalance, that's been debunked. Its much more complex than that. At the end of the day there's a good chance its simply genetic and those genetic predispositions drive people to all those things in the OP, contradictory to the outdated psychoanalytic approach suggesting the reverse.

>>9362777
accurate but uninformative post

there is no evidence of any chemical imbalance, as we have no way of measuring biomarkers for seratonin, etc in the live brain.

>>9362763
>>9362790
>>9363384
I see you've all been taking your blue pil-- I mean antidepressants
Remember kids, drugs fix everything. Let the doctor inject neurotransmitters into your ol' brain there

>>9360088
My depression is kind of a low mellow depression. It never truly goes away, but there are times where I forget about it. I do exercise, I eat right, I try to socialize, and I try to limit my time online. I just don't sleep well. I try to, but my body is incredibly stuck on 4 hours.

>>9364530
nice hook you got there, chap, but you forgot the worm

>>9363354
Do you not?

>>9364599
I feel naked and vulnerable without a blanket on me

>What are some good foods that will help your mental health?

A balanced diet with Meats & proteins.

>Why?

Meats & proteins provide tryptophan.

>What's tryptophan?

It's literally a building block for drugs your body produces to make you "happy" or give you a feeling of "well being."

> Do you need tryptophan to be "happy?"

According to several research studies, the main reason Vegans and some vegetarians are constantly depressed is a lack of proper amino acids like tryptophan.

> So vegans are literally making themselves mentally unhappy and angry because they lack the proper amino acids?

Yes, this is why vegans are so miserable and bitter all the time.

>>9364776

> To ingest the same amount of Tryptophan in meats needed to produce Seretonin, a Vegan would would need to eat 3.2 pounds of Nuts per day.

>>9363559
>Nice meme,
This anon's right on that >>9360088.
And on:
>Eat a burger
>eat another burger
>>9364776
This anon is right about meat too
>http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-simplicity-of-dieting-it-really-is.html?m=1
>http://press.endocrine.org/doi/full/10.1210/jcem.85.1.6291
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3529694/#!po=57.9365
>https://breakingmuscle.com/fuel/why-all-humans-need-to-eat-meat-for-health
>run 5 miles
>do some push ups
>But seriously, just exercise
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562558/
>jack off
>http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2013/07/no-fap-more-like-no-fucking-way.html?zx=a5c14e73eab03ffe
>http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/09/enough-already-sex-and-baddassery-are.html
>http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/09/enough-already-sex-and-baddassery-are_07.html
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Health_effects
>http://www.europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(16)00377-8/abstract/ejaculation-frequency-and-risk-of-prostate-cancer-updated-results-with-an-additional-decade-of-follow-up
>http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/researchers-say-frequent-ejaculation-could-save-mens-lives/news-story/dedd2ce2cb85c9cf6ff67f24c455dbe5
>http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20040406/frequent-ejaculation-prostate
>http://urology.jhu.edu/newsletter/prostate_cancer712.php
>http://www.frequenturinationinmenexplained.com/ejaculation-and-prostate-cancer/
>http://m.joe.endocrinology-journals.org/content/52/1/51.short
>http://answers.webmd.com/answers/5004889/what-nutrients-do-you-lose-when-ejaculating-or-masterbating-do-you-lose-testerone-
>https://www.healthtap.com/user_questions/1294935-how-long-does-your-body-take-to-replace-the-nutrients-lost-by-masturbation
>(cont.)

>>9364814
>(cont.)
>sleep like a baby.
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17520786
>http://chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/05/if-youre-not-regular-fucking-sleeping.html
>https://www.chaosandpain.com/tips/lucid-dreaming-rules-cultivate-crazy-gainz-and-have-insane-dreams-with-olympus-hypnos-and-binaural-beats/

>>9364817
>>9364814


This isn't even controversial or worth debating. Meats provide many amino acids required to make chemical drug cocktails in your brain like Seretonin; drugs that are essential to your feeling "happiness."

Amino acids that you don't get from daily vegan meals and need to supplement with pills (which still come from animals anyways).

Have any of you ever seen a self proclaimed Vegan that is NOT always bitter, stuck-up, full of hate, trying to lecture anyone and everyone about their diets?

Can you imagine how unpleasant of a person that is?

>>9363516
>get depressed when the weather is hot
I feel you man, on the other hand nothing cheers me up like a cozy stormy day.

>>9364845
dunno who you're trying to provoke but I've never seen a likeable vegan
they are imbued with white capitalist guilt, I guess

>>9360088
whole plant foods, keep polyunsaturated fats in check, get enough omega-3 and consider an algae oil supplement, b12 and D

>>9360990
you thought you were depressed because u were moping over irrational bullshit with simple solutions, you realized it was stupid cause you were being stupid. Stop projecting your retardation so intensely, you're no where near as smart as you think you are

The best food for mental well-being is variety, both in terms of the types of ingredients you use and overall menu fatigue.

Schizophrenia made me fat because of meds increasing appetite and fucking up metabolism.

I really need to change my diet. I went from 160 to 250 in 2 years.

>>9362763
>>9362790
>>9363384
>>9365173
good goy

>>9360990

Easiest bait.

>>9360990
proof?

>>9360088
>weed
>having anything to do with depression
wat

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>>9360088
>tfw all those things apply to me at the moment

help

>>9360088
>none of those apply
>still depressed
hmmmm

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>>9366901
It's almost like things affect different people differently because they're different. Wow!

>>9367036
i've literally never heard of someone being depressed because they smoke weed or smoking weed because they're depressed

some depressed people smoke weed but some depressed people also suck cocks. doesn't mean sucking cocks has anything to do with depression, but if your post is any indication it does make you post retarded things on 4chan

>>9367117
t. Enrique

>>9366901
weed makes my mood low if i smoke erryday for more than a week....indica or sativa.

>>9366975
well anime's not going to help, you disgusting weeb

>>9367117
I don't think smoking weed itself leads to depression, but it can lead to social isolation if you often smoke alone. Everything else pales in comparison and so you just end up smoking alone all the time, and eventually that stops being very enjoyable, it's still better, but only because your baseline becomes so low. It also picks your friends for you, if smoking is the way you can relate to people. Lots of people, especially girls, are really turned off by it.

t. smoke alone every day for years

Smoking can be really healthy if it's occasionally to destress, or to make something great even better, like going to the beach or a gig, but its not good for a neet life. It makes the hole to climb out of much deeper.

>>9360990
unironicly this
depression is just lazyness

>>9367117
Is the idea that substances affect different people differently really such a difficult concept to grasp for you?

Also, I'm pretty sure you're confusing "correlation" with "causation." OP's pic never explicitly states that weed CAUSES depression, it merely lays out a few potential correlations: for example, being awake at 4.15am will not cause depression, but a continued lack of decent sleep will.

Is your 7th grade education keeping up with all this?

>>9367166
>Also, I'm pretty sure you're confusing "correlation" with "causation." OP's pic never explicitly states that weed CAUSES depression, it merely lays out a few potential correlations: for example, being awake at 4.15am will not cause depression, but a continued lack of decent sleep will.
He literally explained that in the post. You might be the one with moron tier education, anon

>>9363367
So not potato skin volcanos?

>>9360088
Green vegetables, and not just iceberg lettuce.

Broccoli, green beans, baby bok choy, spinach, stuff like that.

I can't speak to anyone's particular mental state, but I've always viewed intake in terms of portion.
Not amount as much as variety. For me personally, I make sure to eat the following in some form each day:
Spinach, greek yogurt, sweet potatoes, ginger, avocado, beets, and brown rice. That is the baseline.
Alternates include peas, zucchini, artichoke, (probably guessed I'm a vegetarian) and tempeh.
No bread, no pizza, no crackers, no sandwiches. FILLER. And not even doing anything for you.

Food is one side; now comes fluids.
WATER. Filtered if possible. You'd be surprised how far being fully hydrated goes.
OJ, or anything 100% non-concentrate that you like. I like Silk as well...that's just me.
Also low-sodium soup; or something you might make yourself. Goes a long way.

Lastly, movement:
I don't mean that like a prick; I just mean putting in the good work of getting your body moving.
The body needs stimulation to process what you put in; if you just sit there, constipation will be more likely.
It could be anything...and there's always things to be done. Raking leaves, cleaning, what not.
Energy lost means energy gained in terms of what you've put in. The process is cyclical.

If you make this a habit, you'll notice a difference mentally. Health is multi-layered. No pill will solve the problem.
On every level you must be forward moving and aware. In that respect, there is no other option--you have to put in
the work. And it begins with you, and your awareness accordingly. Your body is chemistry; input output. Input better
options and the output will inevitably be better.

>>9360088
Nuts, not the extremly fatty ones like cashews or peanuts.
Go for Almonds WITH THE SKIN on, hazelnuts and the like.
Buy whole grain pasta and brown rice, fills you up more and more fibers and shit.
Lots of green veggies. Sweet potatoes are extremly healthy and filling too.
Try and cut out as much sugar as you can, fucking sugar is the anti christ.
Sweeten your shit with honey.

>>9364814
>But seriously, just exercise
Nope. Not exercising is just about the only thing on that list that applied to me, so my girlfriend and I got gym memberships and go 4-5 times a week. It made me feel better for about a month or two, but now that it's just become another part of the routine of my life, I've come to hate it.

>>9360990
t. literal brainlet

>>9361171
This definitely isn't social interaction.
>b-but I'm posting to other people
Doesn't hold the same benefits of in person interaction.

>>9360990
Wow, so you were retarded instead of depressed all along. Meanwhile, some people happen to have real problems.

>>9367485
>No pill will solve the problem.

This is a pretty good rule of thumb, and most psychiatrists will tell you the same thing. They can help but they aren't enough on their own. Your state of mind is the physical state of your brain, which is affected by the condition of the rest of your body. This leads to a vicious cycle where unhealthy living contributes to mental illness, and mental illness further reinforces negative behavior. The most important thing about medication is that it can help someone break out of this cycle and improve their overall social and material conditions, though for some people who are truly fucked (recurrent serious depression and the like) it can be helpful for them to stay on the medication permanently.

The problem is a lot of people just start taking the pills and make no further attempts to alter their behavior or environment.

>weed
>depression
Pick one

>>9360990

holyshit /pol/ faggots are basically Scientologists at this point,

>tfw all those images apply to me except the prozac one

>>9360088
Why are marijuana addicts always looking for a fight?

>>9363371
This. Gut heath actually plays a massive role in how the rest of the body functions, including the brain. Stuff like kimchi and yogurt are great.

>tfw you smoke so much weed that your depression disappears

>>9363452
Because 95% of the time you're going to bed that late because you have no schedule and you've been on the internet for 7 hours

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>>9363392
>you and your couple

>>9364776
>this post was brought to you by the Butcher's association of North America

>>9360088
>
for me eating more food in general in more frequent intervals, and reducing grain consumption to almost none.

>>9360088
Tarragon, in moderation. Long term heavy use will lead to cancer. Tarragon contains benzodiazapiene derivatives, like xanax.

>>9369593
>Long term heavy use will lead to cancer.

Yeah, let's fuck around with cancer causing substances to maybe deal with depression. Great idea.

>>9360990
Literally this. There's no such thing as a "mental disorder". There's just you.

>>9360088
Fruits, vegetables, meat.

>>9360990
This is mostly true. "I have anxiety" is completely misleading. "I am anxious" is more accurate.
People need to remember that most psychological diagnoses are just descriptive categories. The difference between one person having clinical depression and another person not having clinical depression could be tiny.

For a thought-out version of this position that isn't a /pol/ reply, watch Stefan Molyneux's video "There Is No Such Thing as Mental Illness"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOScYBwMyAA

>>9367117
>Makes you content with watching South Park and eating Hot Cheetos for 9 hours a day
>Doesn't lead to depression

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>>9372496
>Stefan Molyneux

>>9372496
>unironically linking Mr. Not An Argument man
please acquaint your forehead with a bullet

>>9372592
that, ironically and hilariously, is not an argument.

>>9372596
>ecks dee not a le argument!!!
Stefan Molyneux's entire schtick is taking his opponents arguments to illogical extremes or misrepresenting them entirely, making fun of them, and then using his dumbass catchphrase.

>>9372596
And neither is posting some retarded youtube video, you guys are on equal ground now

>>9360128

>forcing disingenuous social interaction

you know humans are social creatures, right dumb fuck? 3 days of isolation will nearly destroy a humans sanity

>>9372609
>Stefan Molyneux's entire schtick is taking his opponents arguments to illogical extremes

the irony

>>9360088
eat a good filling breakfast (even if not hungry)

other than that I'd guess that eating healthy (aka eat lots of fruits and veggies) helps

>>9364488
I don't think and theory suggests it is purely genetic. Also the idea that it is an imbalance wasn't debunked because it was never really the theory it was just something they said to sell SSRIs the current model is the diathesis-stress model. Cognitive behavioral therapy suggests that the diathesis for depression is a poorly adapted belief structure.

>>9364814
I'm glad you are providing sources but when I look at the primary sources provided (the legit academic ones) they don't have anything to do with what you are responding to.

>>9373001
ssris helped me for a solid month but now all they do is fuck with my sex drive and get me drunk super fast.

Not sure if it was placebo, stress levels got worse, or if I need my dose upped. Existing is dumb and bad.

>>9364829
No chemical makes happiness in your brain. Also vegan meals can lead to well balanced amino acids about as well as meat filled diets can lead to decent cholesterol levels and healthy heart function.

>>9373122
Are you doing them in conjunction with CBT?

>>9373174
not yet, and I've been on vacation for a while which definitely hasn't been helping, paradoxically.

brains are dumb. I wish mine worked better. it's so nice when it does and I can sit down and actually get shit done instead of doing nothing all day because I'm worrying about shit.

>>9366901
If you rely on it as a crutch to make yourself feel good and smoke it in huge amounts all day every day and your life basically revolves around when you're gunna pack another bowl then yea, it contributes.

>>9367166
>Is the idea that substances affect different people differently really such a difficult concept to grasp for you?

Listen to the words that are coming out of your fingers.

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>>9368690
>Tfw suicidal living at parent's house and totally alone and content with dying alone before smoking weed.
>than as soon as that first puff hits my lungs, copious amounts of friends, own my own house, my own car, put myself through college and now make lots of money and really happy and 420 blaze it all day.