No. 2 - Flatness
On 2019, a young man decided he should have himself checked for any mental health issues before embarking on a journey which will last for a good five years...and the rest of his life. He was preliminarily diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, for which he was given benadryl . Then the pandemic happened. He did not drown himself in medicine because it made him sleepy (doc said it would do for the time being before they see him again, that he needed it to help him sleep). Life continued, and so did he. Come 2024, a good five years after, he decided to have himself checked again and, with an actual finding and an actual prescription, he proceeded to be under the spell of anti-depressants, this alongside a series of readings re. its actual effects, side effects, how it operates, and what he should look out for - all for the purpose of tempering his expectations. Obviously that young man is me. And as it is not a magic pill that eases all worries in just one take, it took quite a wh