I tried to be productive instead of getting help
🇨🇦 Canada · 🧠 Mental & Personal Growth · 30-39
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The lessons
Some problems are not solved by trying harder. Asking for help earlier is the cheapest thing I never did.
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I tried to be productive instead of getting help
🇨🇦 Canada · 🧠 Mental & Personal Growth · 30-39
What happened
I treated depression as a scheduling problem for two years. More systems, more discipline, worse results. Six sessions with an actual therapist did more than two years of apps.
Time lost2 yearsEmotional costHeavy
What I learned
Some problems are not solved by trying harder. Asking for help earlier is the cheapest thing I never did.
❤️ 2,470 people learned from this