Doctors Are Calling Out The Shocking Health “Lies” You Probably Still Believe

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“Antidepressants aren’t cures for mental illnesses! They help, but you still need to do therapy in order to help with your mental health. It’s like when you break a leg, and you need a cast for a period of time. Once it comes off, you need physiotherapy to help the leg regain strength and go back to working. The same applies to the brain with mental illnesses.”

“Working in mental health, I often have people telling me that they’re on medication for their mental health, so they don’t need therapy (and vice versa) when the most effective treatment for mental illnesses is a combination of therapy and medication. For the bulk of people, they won’t need to be on medication forever, either; it’s just to help them through this tough stage.”

—Anonymous, 31, Australia

“Severe mental illness is unlikely to be ‘cured.’ Recovery is not a black and white thing. Recovery is a gradual thing that looks different for each person. It could be unrealistic to expect your loved one, or yourself, to live exactly the same life as before the onset. But it’s also unrealistic to think life with a severe mental illness can’t be active and rewarding.”

—Anonymous, Early 30s, California