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Mental Health Support

HereSince1628

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1. Lots of people basically agree...the popular trinity for getting by

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 08:24 AM

Nov 2013

is (and I'm not intending a priority among them in this alphabetical listing) avoidance, distraction, and tolerance of the things we find distressing.

Of course, in invoking these things, a person has to be careful about choices that will make life even more difficult. Self-medicating with alcohol is such a thing and thrill-seeking could be.

From what I've read, it's possible to see many of the dysfunctional things we do as efforts to engage in one of those three things. And we've learned to habitually do them because, at least at some time, they did provide some relief.

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I have a theory that sensory overload can temporarily relieve depression and anxiety... [View all] Locut0s Nov 2013 OP

Lots of people basically agree...the popular trinity for getting by HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #1

Yeah, it's a common form of self-medication among the depressed anxious people in my family. hunter Nov 2013 #2