Actually a pretty good representation of depression and anxiety medication
This immediately reminded me of Adventures with Anxiety, a browser game about living with Anxiety.
It’s very well done, and simultaneously funny & serious.
Thanks, that was really useful
He still doesn’t look happy
Pills don’t magically make people constantly happy. But without them it’s barely possible to be happy in the moment
For me, they made me feel nothing even when I should feel something. My heart goes out to anyone going through this.
I’m not sure if you’ve tried this but just in case, ask your doctor to try other types of antidepressants which might not have the same effect. One pill might totally numb you but another might leave the highs alone.
I hope you and anyone else reading this can find something that works for you!
He still needs time to catch his breath. It’s like how getting a single good night’s sleep doesn’t leave you fully rested but it’s still important to do.
The first few steps aren’t “get better” but rather “stop feeling worse”.
Antidepressants aren’t a silver bullet for mental health, they only bring you closer to your (healthy) baseline. The most difficult barrier to a healthy change for mental health is our obligation to waged work, and in some cases are the cause of poor mental health.
Well, it is a black dog. Keeping it at bay is often the best we can do.
That’s because it’s a pill and not a joint, perhaps.
Because the cure is illegal.
That’s because he killed death with pills, apparently, and now he became death himself, as it can be noticed by black clothes in last panel. And it is hard and ungrateful work to be a death. Why would he be happy?
fake, the doctor didn’t tell him the dog was all in his head
Dude just train your dog not to bite.
What the fuck is a metaphor?
My little velvet hippo pippo doesn’t bite, it consumes.
He had to sell his jacket to afford the doctor’s appointment 😞
Fuck this is way too real
Saitama and overgrown rover?
That’s Guts
Black dog I see Daily, Nightly Monthly, Yearly Sweetly, Dearly
