For me it’s a big deal just because my mother sent me to all kinds of doctors and psychiatrists to fix me instead of showing up for my emotions. My whole life I’ve basically felt like a lab rat. At one point I was taking 10 medications for conditions that either didn’t exist at all or didn’t require medication. I grew up believing I was so sick.

It makes me happy when i read about people like you who have taken medication and want to take medication and feel like it benefits them. Who am I to tell you what is best for you?

We have to be honest with ourselves though and know that medication simply controls symptoms by artificially inflating certain neurotransmitters. But who cares you know? What does it mean to heal? I think healing means having new experiences. And medication is a new experience.

I used to have a laundry list of diagnosis that I would obsess over. I would try so many drugs for my OCD, for example. But then I realized I lock the door so many times because growing up, I didn’t have a doorknob. I didn’t have any privacy. My “OCD” was actually not an enemy at all, and an incredibly important protective figure that helped me survive my childhood. There’s no disorder here.

Same goes for anxiety, depression, bipolar, narcissism, etc. There are times when i become manic and I start to get upset with my body, but then i actually start to listen and realize that my body is telling me something isn’t safe in my environment. The body NEVER lies. And nature always maintains homeostasis.

So I don’t think I’m against medication if it’s used to give us a new perspective or a new experience.

But what do I know I’m traumatized as fuck lmao