>>13253646I feel mostly good about myself because I know optimism is better than hating yourself in terms of productivity and health-wise. I definitely have some emotional problems and I used to take Lexapro and Adderall, but have since cut them out of my life. I'd get back on Adderall in a heartbeat, that shit was great and made me feel more normal, but Lexapro made me feel like a husk of a person, like I was watching myself perform acts and even though it made me deal with stuff normally and I think I was better at socializing, it really made me feel like I was watching a puppet version of myself. Plus the lack of sex-drive freaked me out. Quit in December 2019 and never looked back. I'm glad I have my old quirks back and have since made myself better at dealing with reality through non-medication approaches, though I don't look down on people who do turn to medication since I mean, I did, too.
>tl;drI'm not perfect and do have self-doubt, emotional problems, and have taken medication, but that doesn't mean I don't try to influence my personality in an optimistic way or try to not empathize with others.
