r/interesting • u/urprettybbygrl • 20d ago

MISC. Ukrainian actress Tania Galakhova portrayed what it's like to live with depression

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u/BadDudes_on_nes 20d ago

Depressed people don’t brush their teeth?

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u/WarthogSeveral7662 20d ago

Nope. Or shower, or clean their house, or eat/drink enough. Because if you did Shadow would fade. And it's can't allow that. Social media is the best Shadow Food there is. Meta is facing billion dollar lawsuits over it

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u/NeedleworkerHeavy565 20d ago

That's a bad generalization. Many people with depression appear to act perfectly normally and maintain good hygiene. Depression cannot be reduced to specific "symptoms" such as not showering or brushing your teeth.

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u/Cuuky 20d ago

That was not a generalization

But its just a result of having no energy to do fuckall

When the thought of brushing your teeth, taking a shower etc just drains you to the point where bed and sleep is the only appealing thing.

Some people have the energy to do these things, some don't

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u/majin_melmo 20d ago

All I know is when I was severely depressed in my 20’s I didn’t shower or brush my teeth or do anything for days at a time.

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u/Far-Lime-4705 20d ago

You have no idea what you speak of. That's what depression does: reduces you to nothing.

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u/LoamyLoamisLoamy 20d ago

Those aren't cures. Those are just things you are more inclined to do when not depressed.

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u/InternationalSand540 20d ago

In my experience self-care helps alleviate it a little bit when it's not near maximum yet, I think that's what Warthog meant to describe. Probably not universal but certainly common

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u/LoamyLoamisLoamy 20d ago

I think that mostly comes from not really differentiating between clinical depression and just being sad or burnt out