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Why? Crossdressing is fun.
bottom left is the least problematic one. i also read it as trans-jacketing, but it doesn't really matter. plenty of people figure themselves out and are still depressed.
depression needs support and treatment, not violence, suppression, or bootstraps. attitudes like OP's meme gets people winding up in the 5th way out when the gimmicks are inevitably insufficient or inappropriate.
Depression needs support and treatment, also anything and everything that's useful.
are not fucking useful goddamn.
folk "remedies" that don't work are more dangerous than doing nothing. it's 1:1 analogous with steve jobs eating a magic diet instead of getting actual cancer treatment. you can't "lol bro just think positive bro just lift bro just be zen bro just murder people bro" through it.
Also, like you don't know me at all, you don't know what I've gone through in my life or any of my circumstances. When you say shit like this it comes off very arrogant, as if you know better than I do for what is working and has worked for my problems.
It's best to have all your rebuttals in one comment, edited on if needed, rather than replying a bunch of times, as it begins to become harassment at a certain point. Even if I agree with the point you're making.
Sure got tired of editting my posts didnt mean anything by it
Edit: i wrote this early as fuck, i do want JohnBrownNote to stick around and try to find some community with us even if they vehemently disagree with everything.
Don't you think that if your depression is as severe as you say it is that your line of thinking is probably also warped?
You want community and support but you're here mad at us. We're not gonna make you do shit you don't want to do or find helpful.