First, don’t tell me that the answer is just to “not bottle things up”, because that’s objectively incorrect too. Society doesn’t want you to have any negative emotions. I need to know how to not express negative emotions at all whatsoever unless I’m alone. I know it can be done because it is done in many other people on the planet.

Edit: Ok so I think one of the things I want to try doing next is ask for a med change from my psych provider.

  • dingus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Well right…I try a new thing out for a while and then it doesn’t work. I either continue to try them even if they don’t work (like running…i keep eventually hoping I’ll get a benefit after doing it for over a year) or discontinue them and try a new thing. I’ve never found anything that works for me despite the fact that I keep trying. It’s frustrating.

    The latest thing I’ve been trying is SSRIs. Those don’t seem to do anything either.

    I get that the OP and my responses make it sound like I’m not trying things. I am. I have been. That’s why I’m so frustrated.

    I want to try giving therapy a longer shot but I have to wait until my work schedule is more consistent. It will be in a bit of a flux for the next month or so.