Comments by "Brian Meen" (@brianmeen2158) on "What people FAIL TO UNDERSTAND about DEPRESSION: your life could be better" video.

@leoborros you do realize that on average men are even worse listeners than women though right? Think back to the buddies you’ve had through the years - how many were really good listeners? Let’s not pretend that men are flawless because that is ridiculous
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I remember being in my 20s and really looking forward to going out with friends on the weekend and drinking - it was still very fun back then. Then in my 30s it started to shift big time - going out for drinks wasn’t nearly as fun and the morning after got much worse . Going out eventually pretty much completely lost all of its allure and now I like very quiet evenings .. daily workouts help too. What I struggle with the most is keeping in contact with friends. We don’t have much in common anymore and it’s just not the same. Meeting new friends is very difficult
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Yes but what if your life truly does suck? I have a friend that is 37 and he has bad OCD and autism .. it has hampered pretty much every area of his life - he’s been in treatment and on meds for over a decade. He’s still stuck in the same pit though. He’s only been on one date either a woman and has terrible social skills - can’t relate to other guys etc etc.. I don’t even know what to recommend him at this point
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“Let her emotional traumas get the better of us” Does she try to work on healing these traumas or does she like festering in it and dumping it on you…? Too many women just want to endlessly bathe in trauma and don’t take steps to fixing it and just take it out on their bf or husband. What’s worse is the husbands usually put up with it
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Did you expect him to tell you to just sit around and watch YouTube all day and that that will erase your depression?
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Yeah first thing I urge all these anxious and depressed young people is to put their damn phone down and leave it at home and just go for a walk around town or exercise daily.. smile and talk to people. These basic things would help them Our immediately
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@Time_to_Believe_in_Yourself definitely. First thing I recommend to all people with depression: start exercising! It amazes me how many people that are depressed don’t even try to exercise or eat healthier but have no issue getting on multiple ssris or snris ..
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@dgnmwn I find a lot of depressed people almost seem to like their condition. It’s like learned helplessness
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“Securing a future spouse” Sounds like you need to put quite a bit more work into yourself first . Very few women are going to be attracted to a guy that is low energy and depressed
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@ashabedi8499 parents can give truly horrible advice at times
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@Jonathan-yr3so oh yeah I learned long ago to not ask for much from Bosses or supervisors when it comes to being tired. Best off to buckle down and get through it
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