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I've been curious about trying XV for a while, but your comments could've been written by me, and now I know I need to try XV. Thank you!

(Special shout-out to that dude who defended XIII by saying the sequel makes it worth it. I'm still mad over that argument. If I hated the first game, why should I pay money for a chance to like it's sequel?)

Why did I read this like patch notes on a game?

Thank you for this.

It's from stimilant medication for ADHD :(

Thank you very much though.

https://lemmy.world/comment/13163168

Go reread the person I responded to before you entered the conversation. They said their depression was caused by an external factor. That is who I replied to, and the reply you've been desperate to strawman ever since.

You get me.

At what point did I gatekeep depression by agreeing with someone else about their diagnosis?

You're being a little ridiculous right now.

For the second time, stop trying to turn my reply to someone else into a blanket statement. I understand picking needless fights with strangers on the internet qualifies as dopamine seeking behavior. Maybe you should be looking inward.

If I wasn't at work I'd edit the goose meme to match.

This is precisely the pedantic reply I expected.

Laymen differentiate between addressing things in their environment that cause increases in things like norepinephrine by the cause, environmentally, and not by the resulting chemical release in the brain.

Referring to both chemical treatment, such as taking medication, and environmental treatment, such as quitting a job that causes you stress (or depression, as in the conversation above) as "chemical" is the kind of nitpicky BS that would only further obfuscate the discussion, serving absolutely zero purpose unless you were the type to want to start a fight over nothing.

You may as well refer to everything the brain ever experiences as "chemical." It's would be the most literal interpretation, and would serve zero purpose as a method of communication. Much like your conversation with me.

Don't reframe my statement addressing someone's specific situation into a blanket comment. That person said their depression had a reason (that could be addressed, and once addressed, the depression was resolved.)

Speaking to that instance, it probably wasn't chemical, because if it was, it wouldn't have resolved with action taken independent of chemical treatment, but only with a combination.

I am not the person to try and strawman about depression.

And now it is also my favorite bee anatomy fact!

If your depression is for a reason, then yeah, probably not chemicals.

Mine is treatment resistant major depression and very much chemicals. Took me until I was in my midthirties to find the solution. There's hope even for people with bad chemistry!