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I think I may be depressed, but don’t have the money to seek professional help. Is there anything anyone recommends?
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Anonymous 11w

As weird as it is start trying to write in journal. Set yourself a schedule, rewards yourself for following the schedule. Try the annoying things like yoga from YouTube, meditation, coloring times to relax, etc. sometimes these thing help a little. A little is a lot better than non

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Anonymous 11w

do NOT use chatgbt or any AI bot PLEASE

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Anonymous 11w

check gethelp.org to see if there's anything near you that has sliding scale payments for mental health professionals

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Anonymous 11w
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Anonymous 11w

One thing that helped me was simply being outside on a trail or by the crik

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Anonymous 11w

I’ll get a lot of hate for this, but ChatGPT or any halfway decent LLM.

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Anonymous 11w

downers help

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Anonymous 10w

Your school could have free options, it’s worth checking

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

Absolutely not

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 11w

It’s literally really good for you! I did this one time and literally started crying.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 11w

People are so quick to dismiss ts. Its great for planning schedules or setting goals or whatnot

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

You can do all that without getting AI to do it for you.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 11w

AI can give a lotta fresh ideas to get you fired up when you don’t feel particularly creative or inspired

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 11w

some of the youtube guided meditations I've done ended up being almost exactly the same as my therapist did for my ptsd treatment

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