Anonymous #fundie aish.com
[On a woman who found that psychiatric medication helped her cope with post-partum depression:]
what this lady really learned
"...the gift of the psychotropic medication available which literally change the brain's chemical dysfunction back to a normal setting...."
What a lie! Any honest psychiatrist will admit as much. What the drugs DO is numb the person's emotions which obviously has its benefits at times. And yes, other commenters have noted, often horrible side effects and horrific withdrawal symptoms. What this lady really learned - what we all need to learn - is, as she wrote, that God is in control, not us. "Why can't I cope?" Because "I" am nothing. If i don't turn to God for the ability to cope, then where do i think i'm getting my ability from? From myself? So-called PPD and indeed any other mental "illness" is just one big wake-up call that we are not in control of our lives and that all the things that we thought we were living for are nothing but air-headed illusions. The question is: Do we want to wake up, or would we prefer to continue to delude ourselves - until it's too late?