>>19058875“Just work out” is a very compelling thing to tell someone who is depressed. You know, people who are in a situation where they’re incapable of feeling motivation to do much of anything at all, who are devoid of enthusiasm or afflicted with total anhedonia. “Just work out” will totally help them, because they’re totally going to be able to “just work out” in the first place.
>>19058851SSRIs don’t make you feel happy, they just lessen your ability to feel unhappiness. They’re not going to make you feel pleasure or anything like that, just make your baseline mood less miserable so you can actually experience ordinary emotions.