Dr. Julie Holland is a board-certified psychiatrist in New York City. From 1996 to 2005, Dr. Holland ran the psychiatric emergency room of Bellevue Hospital on …
Antidepressants Make it Harder to Empathize, Harder to Climax, and Harder to Cry. | Julie Holland
Dr. Julie Holland is a board-certified psychiatrist in New York City. From 1996 to 2005, Dr. Holland ran the psychiatric emergency room of Bellevue Hospital on …
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Epic gamer fact: I'm on an SSRI and if anything it's made me more empathetic and emotional since I can now feel things other than ✨pain and dullness✨
The book "30 Days to Reduce Depression" by Harper Daniels is recommended. Gives good daily mindfulness exercises. Worth a try.
She really just advocated for weed as a better antidepressant than antidepressants lol. I have been taking Wellbutrin for 2 years and I am infinitely happier, can empathize so much better, and have so much more passion for life. It’s not even a comparison. I agree with her that you should try everything else first, like diet, exercise, sleep, sunlight etc. But if you’ve tried everything, and nothing works, try antidepressants. They worked for me
The only thing they do is sedated you do you don’t really feel anything
is that why i cannot cry? what about my other emotions? those are all messed up too. im getting to the point where i forgot what each emotion feels like.
My boyfriend is on Antidepressants. They make things so difficult for me. I’m glad he’s not sad but his lack of regular emotions creates distance between us and makes him essentially not feel the joy and love that I feel for him. And the sex thing is very true, climax is nearly impossible. I’m just terrified that antidepressants are ruining our relationship.
I don’t think these broad statements are helpful and will stop many from receiving the help that they need. I lost weight, kept all my passion and empathy, and finally feel like myself again.
What if I have these symptoms and I don’t take antidepressants
The stability on SSRI’s are awesome, I even did better at work and became more productive, the downside is that when You do want a drink or a puff, You feel almost nothing or at least I didn’t on SSRI’s. Less empathetic and cold to other ppl, it’s just not me. Ntm the sexual side effects no thanks
Anybody here ever used prothiaden??? Dr prescribed m for backpain but I'm not sure if it will be helpful or dangerous?
So… Tom Cruise WAS RIGHT!
Harder to cry?! Excellent… now I can become a true tough guy. Tough like a mann!!!!
Very true.. i lost passion i felt like Zombi.
Cipralex takes the stress away.but i discovered stress was a good thing as it motivates me.. no sadly i have no motivation at all.. i hate the day i started Cipralex
I'll never date a girl who takes antidepressants, my ex was a unempathetic psychopath.
ssris gave me permament sexuall dysfunctions. its pssd
I find her strangely attractive
This lady. Am I right?
4 mins & all I can say is: as a dude that I WANT to lack things like emotion, empathy, pain, etc. I've always wondered how I can trigger my brain off these things. Even if it meant cutting a piece of my own brain out. These things are distraction from making money. I think I'll continue taking the Celexa
Yes I will medicating myself to be invulnerable not because I don’t want to be so empathetic anymore but because too much empathy can get in your way for doing things to help. How are going to be able to help people you empathize with us if you’re feeling so much pain for their pain that it makes you physically sick instead of using empathy to motivate you to help them. Too much emotions and too much empathy is not always good. Ask me as I am a highly sensitive person!
The side effects are horrible.
Thanks for scaring People who might be really suicidal and despreate for a soloution !!! Could cost lives!!
Medications should be lowered to 5-10% use, not 70% of population. Medications are poisonous trash.
So it makes you a happy psychopath? Badass
Want to be happy, simple. We just need to all drop our ego and start having safe sex with attractive strangers
Bullshit… I'm taking sertraline since a year and my current dosage is 150mg. I didn't had any strong side effects, I don't feel like a zombie and I have feelings (I'm finally happy). Yes… I'm still suffering from depression, but I feel much better and Setraline (aka Zoloft) really saved my life. If you're considering taking antidepressants please make an appointment with your GP and don't be affraid to ask for help. Watching videos like this one may only prevent you from getting better… I saw similar video last year and if not my psychiatrist, I'd still believe in myths related to antidepressants and there's a chance I would be dead by now…
This isn’t true for everybody. I can climax just fine and I’m probably the most empathetic person on the planet. BUT I don’t cry much anymore so that is true
I already have all of these issues except with climaxing and even had problems with that a few years back.
Psychiatry is quackery, guess science, bullshit!
Did somebody say cannabis?
Antidepressants by nature create psychopaths.. they arent healthy or a good way of dealing with issues but hey.. they are sold and the world is about making $$ right
Zoloft is good for nofap, but ive put on a lot of weight but I feel better in the long run, don't think I want to be on them forever though.
I think a lot of those reactions she talked about are the people who don’t truly need to be on them. She had stated if you can’t out of bed and go to workers then yes take them but she’s worried about abs explaining those who are just getting on so they can have a super power pretty much.
She is definitely not wrong about them. Daily exercise, music, and CBT were really helpful for my problems. But they are a good last resort if they work for some individuals. I certainly wouldn't go to them first though.
I am experiencing all of these limiting things. I have successfully been taking Zoloft for two years now. It really pulled me from a nightmare depression. However my insurance was canceled and I was forced to be without my medication for a little over two weeks. Because I thought the Zoloft was the number 1 thing for my recovery and a crucial part of me having a good life I was really looking forward to getting my insurance back and going to the doctor again. I’m on day three of taking Zoloft again, and I’m starting to question my emotions. I feel slightly agitated. I feel like nothing is good enough and I should be doing more. My husband should be doing more. Whereas in those two weeks of not being medicated, I was able to relax and see the bigger picture of things. I was able to empathize more with my husband, whom which is an amazing man. I was able to cry for the first time in a long time, and sex was something really enjoyable for me again.
Yes celexa and Zoloft were both amazing amazing stepping stones to get me where I am today. I am very thankful for them. However I just don’t believe they are a good fit for me anymore. Please pray for me that I have the strength, wisdom, and confidence to realize I truly do not need them anymore. It’s scary to let go of something like this. It’s like trying to get across the country…you drive halfway, and it worked great. Then you realize you don’t like to go that fast so you decide to walk so you don’t miss out on anything. It may be more challenging. But your sure you won’t miss out on anything.
Taking an SSRI for seven months was the worst thing I've ever done. Once I forced myself to deal with the intense withdrawls and come off of them, I started to call them poison. Glad they work for some, but I tried two and they almost made me suicidal.
The truth is if you have mental issues your fucked.
I cried for the first time yesterday because I had been ON antidepressants. I feel something now instead of nothing.
I can’t cry.
the reason i take it is to be less empathetic
I wasn't able to cry very easily when I went through withdrawals and my sexual health has never been the same….I hope I figure this out
Iv been so happy on my meds but now started reconsidering them since im experiencing too much hair loss… my baulding doesnt look right. Now this video is making sense… ssri's will numb u to negative emotions but those feelings r there to warn us when somethig isnt right.
Brilliant!!! Thank you!!!!
They work incredibly well for the people who NEED them, and don’t for the people who have mild fleeting symptoms of depression or anxiety. They’re being overprescribed, that’s the problem. You should be thoroughly studied and diagnosed by a psychiatrist before going on them.
I'm sorry but I'd rather like a zombie then suicidal. WHY DO ANTIDEPRESSANTS EVEN EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE
Cannabis is my mental health savior. I microdose( 2mg-5mg) and it fills me with empathy, gratitude, compassion, and love. Normally I am an anxious, overthinking, depressed woman.
Right… Avoid antidepressants which enhance social resilience because “Big Think” presumes “being able to cry” is more of a “valid state” than being able to put food on the table, function effectively as a human and not want to kill yourself. I’m just so please another liberal female “Expert” advocates for smoking cannabis over taking mental health issues seriously, especially if the medications improve your mechanism of social adaptation and enhance your opportunities to succeed.
That's the point. Sometimes life gets to hard to manage your natural emotions. The answer isn't always more empathy and connecting. Theres times when you need to diconect from people in your life, stay with yourself. Think. Restrqucture, reshape and organise your thoughts. If your neurons basiccaly feel like they're on fire and you can't focus for 2 goodamn minutes. Yes. It's important to reach out, but it's just as important to reach in. I used to need tons of drugs to face what's inside me. No I don't. A bit of emotional disconnection and looking at the problems rationally and logically can do wonders too. This lady is fucking idiot and doesn't understand how emotional problems work.
Lol. I'd rather be less empathetic than dead. Sadly yeaH for some people like me keeping themselves alive comes with compromises. This lady is a moron.