Is the lack of depression while on antidepressants fake happiness?

>>37533932
No anon.

Trying to bring some sort of philosophical perspective into the basics of how you feel is pointless. You simply are what you are. If you feel happy, then you're happy. If you decide it is fake, then won't you be sad?

It's a choice anon, silly goose
Which feels better, being happy or being sad?


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Isn't unhappiness caused by mental illness fake too though?

Honestly if you feel okay then fake or not it's better than feeling like shit. Maybe even better because you need to work towards happiness in order to not feel like it's genuine.

>>37533932
ADs are the ultimate blue pill, friendo. They allow you to be happy and content with a shitty life. Sometimes that's a bad thing because you never get around to actually fixing things, other times it's a good thing because your shitty life isn't fixable. It's up to you to know which applies to your case.

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If you're happy you are dumb or mentally ill

brainlets will never learn

What antidepressants are you on OP? I've been on sertraline for a year now. At first I felt the same, like it was a "fake" happiness. You just don't give a shit.

But after a few months when my body finally got used to them, I just felt emotionally numb. I told my GP this, they said it's normal. I didn't feel depressed or sad, but at the same time I didn't feel happy. I just felt nothing for anyone or anything.

Sounds really mentally unhealthy, but hey, I'd rather feel nothing at all than anger and sadness.

>>37536193
>Sometimes that's a bad thing because you never get around to actually fixing things
Totally agree. I'm at uni and give no shit about ACTUALLY learning, I just want the degree and good grades. I rarely went to lectures and never did it at home instead. I literally knew nothing. I actually stopped taking my antidepressants 2 weeks before my uni exams, when I'm on them you just don't care if you pass or fail. So I stopped taking them so I would get extremely stressed and actually study. Studied about 10 hours a day for 2 weeks It worked :^) got a first

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>>37533932
I really don't know anymore, I take antidepressants too.
I feel on the verge of JUST

>>37536770
I got emotionally numb as well. I stopped enjoying things and ended up spending all day at home browsing internet. I lost all interest in people as well. Though, like 5 years after I quit them, when my feelings returned occasionally, I preferred that to not feeling anything. Even feeling anxiety again was better than being numb.

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>>37533932
Think about it like this anon, most AD's are placebos, especially SSRI's, so think long and hard about if it's your peers who hyped you up to think you're not depressed. Take a good long hard look at yourself, and objectively analyze if being happy is all in your head, chances are once you break the placebo effect you'll be right back into robot mode again and you won't even need anti depressants!

And you can stay with me, your introverted new friend. We'll do a lot of fun stuff together anon, we'll play games, read books, draw, watch anime, anything!