Comment on I don't get how people can become depressed, when we live in the century of Fentanyl, easy access to alcohol and amusement arcades.

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• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Doesn’t depressant have more to do with your body’s functions and not necessarily the depression we think about? Been a long time since high school health and EMT classes.

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  • arefx@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yes but if you become an alcoholic you will be depressed.

    8.5 years sober, thank fucking god.

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• cheddar@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I’ve heard that drugs, including alcohol, trigger the chemicals in our brains that make us feel “happy”. After the effects wear off, our natural “happiness” level is even lower than it was before. This is why we feel the need to use the drug again, and over time, we also have to take more of it to feel the same level of “happiness”.

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• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Crucially, it doesn’t seem like one while you’re high on it. For most people anyways.

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