I hope this is true because the main βmoodβ question they use on depression inventories is related to crying and it would be so funny
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the defenders of SSRIs point to the mood question having a particular response but thereβs some evidence that SSRIs inhibit emotional crying without affecting mood lol
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anecdata: I cried far less on SSRIs despite being just as depressed as I was off of them
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I cried more after I left my job and my daily work/commute cycle and felt better for it. melted away tension from my face and body
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Guy on left was too trapped/stuck to cry. Emotionally constipated
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scrolling through my youtube videos and I can see a huge difference in the muscular tension in my face
same hoodie, same macbook camera, similar lighting conditions... holy shit twitter.com/visakanv/statuβ¦
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> how to release your Emotional constipation
Iβd buy that book. The analogy is really good
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the origins of "emotional constipation" on twitter, as far as i know (although it's a term i heard and used irl previously):
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Replying to @Malcolm_Ocean @meditationstuff and @QiaochuYuan
Digging into this, the metaphor of emotional constipation / being regular / diarrhoea is both memorable and just seems kinda *right*, right?2
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Oh sweet it came from my friends riffing... itβs so so precise I absolutely love it. Filled up with stuck emotion that needs discharging...
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yes it's a very precise and visceral analogy which is a sweet combination when you can get it lol
gotta take those emotional shits
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bro i have been taking some epic emotional shits
and more recently, lovely little ones, as relieving as a sneeze and as pleasurable as a warm fart on a cold day
and less and less wiping needed as i progress!
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Inb4 'holy shit'
(This is my first time using 'inb4' did I do it right?)
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