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errer ,

Saitama and overgrown rover?

Melt ,

That's Guts

z00s ,

Fuck this is way too real

fritobugger2017 ,
mossy_ , (edited )

fake, the doctor didn't tell him the dog was all in his head

Kolanaki ,
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To be fair, mental illness is all in your head. Because head broken.

mossy_ ,

Depression or whatever doesn't mean you're broken per se, but yeah. In a perfect world your doctor would be able to acknowledge that the brain controls the body.

valek879 ,

Black dog I see
Daily, Nightly
Monthly, Yearly
Sweetly, Dearly

https://youtu.be/-PWYwgjncFs

Zehzin ,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

He had to sell his jacket to afford the doctor's appointment 😞

tooclose104 ,
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He's still wearing it when he feeds the pupper his night night yums, which would be after the appointment and after picking up the prescription.

Xirup ,
@Xirup@yiffit.net avatar

This reminds me of this song.

Great song btw.

nizvicious ,
gedaliyah ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Actually a pretty good representation of depression and anxiety medication

Iceblade02 ,

This immediately reminded me of Adventures with Anxiety, a browser game about living with Anxiety.

It's very well done, and simultaneously funny & serious.

flambonkscious ,

Thanks, that was really useful

alcoholicorn ,

Dude just train your dog not to bite.

MajinBlayze ,

What the fuck is a metaphor?

DragonTypeWyvern , (edited )

It's for metaing these nuts

I love that Google is so absolutely trash now that when you Google "What is a meta for?" it just assumes you're a moron and refuses to even consider the possibility of throwing up a blog of dad jokes that includes that exact line.

This joke exists, Google, I know it does. You will not be spared.

Edit: DDG got me

What's a meta for?

Nothin! What's a meta for you?

This is apparently a Christian joke that I do not understand, that or a meta joke about another set up about "What is a meta," but DDG found it, dammit.

HUMAN_TRASH ,
Mbourgon ,

I’m So Meta Even This Acronym

CluckN ,

My little velvet hippo pippo doesn’t bite, it consumes.

MidnightBanjo ,

For me meds halp me feel in control again. I still get sad, mad, etc, but it feels like they are for valid reasons rather than just ‘because’.

Could be that now the beast is tamed, he is stressed because of problems the beast helped cause

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

He still doesn't look happy

HN82 ,

That's because it's a pill and not a joint, perhaps.

HowManyNimons ,

Because the cure is illegal.

Lotarion ,
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Pills don't magically make people constantly happy. But without them it's barely possible to be happy in the moment

Sanctus ,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

For me, they made me feel nothing even when I should feel something. My heart goes out to anyone going through this.

something_random_tho ,

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!

MxM111 ,

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?

Karyoplasma ,

The comic is about depression, not death.

He doesn't look happy because the medication doesn't magically cure him.

All they do is temporarily quench the longing to die. At least sometimes. The other times they just help you to fall asleep before you fall apart.

MxM111 ,

Ok, thank you for explanation, but I on purpose came up with alternative explanation making a joke.

ShepherdPie ,

I think that's the point.

snooggums ,
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He doesn't habebthe direct pain of being chewed on, but the beast lingers there waiting for the pills to wear off.

Of course they aren't happy.

ripcord ,
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Hey, someone other than me constantly hits b instead of space too. Nice.

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Phone keyboards suuuuck.

rockSlayer ,

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.

inb4_FoundTheVegan ,
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Well, it is a black dog. Keeping it at bay is often the best we can do.

Soup ,

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”.

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