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I love this positivity,I’m 53 and have just been diagnosed with depression and anxiety (on tablets just to take the edge off)
Rock and metal has always been my refuge,in the metal clubs and concerts nobody ever judges and that acceptable has been incredibly important (and even life saving for some.
Thankyou so much for being a voice of understanding and reason
Thank you so much for sharing this here. Music can definitely be a powerful outlet and refuge. I wholeheartedly relate to what you describe about concerts - this sense of unity is truly magical! When you’re at a concert it doesn’t matter who you are - it’s all about being genuinely together and sharing a significant moment. Nothing gives me more chills than singing and jumping alongside strangers in the same crowd!
On a more personal note, I hope the process of diagnosis and being on medication is going as smoothly as possible for you. I understand firsthand how heavy and draining that process can be. First and foremost of recognizing we need help, then taking action to actually ask for help, then processing official diagnosis, then making decisions and active steps towards being supported… that’s huge! Really wanted to commend you for doing all of this because through each step of the way you are standing for yourself and for your well-being.
To me personally, accepting to ask for ore professional support was a pivotal and transformative change in my life, but I spent a very long time pushing that possibility away. It felt easier (somehow) to keep going through the same cycles and avoiding the fears that asking for help would generate in me. For some it’s easy, for others it’s not… so no matter how it was for you: well done, really. You are taking care of yourself and that is genuinely beautiful.
I hope also that the medications process is going smoothly, just as it can be particularly challenging at first to be supported that way. Thankfully though there is a life ahead without feeling as much the limitations and barriers that depression has instilled in your life. You asbolutely deserve to embrace life fully, and not just in the grey-ish version that clinical depression tends to paint all the time. Medications have been personally a huge crutch in my life, and at the end of the day I was thankful for allowing me to try and see how it goes. At the end of the day we’re all unique and there is not one fit for all… but you are trying, you are exploring new pathways, and that is worth everything.
May this be the beginning of a new healing path for you, one that will lead you to more confidence and peace within. I believe in you!
I’ve been having anxious depression for over 10 years. Everything felt like sitting in a plane in stormy weather without pilots. SSRI took away the feeling of panic, but also the joy of life in any other ways. After 5x Ketamin infusions over the last 3 weeks, I feel like living again. I enjoy music and time with my kids and friends. Even work isn’t like pulling teeth anymore, and hope that it will last and that as many as possible get their hope back.
