What did people in the past do to relieve depression?!


Question: What did people in the past do to relieve depression!?
Before we had therapy or prescription pills!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Used drugs like alcohol, heroin, cocaine, opium, marijuana, which used to all be legal!. Patent medicines were full of cocaine, I think it was!.

Also, depression was probably less common most of the time, despite many stressors such as unexpected deaths of family members who were still young!. (death of child makes it 5x more likely a person will suffer mental illness so bad they need to be in the hospital)!. People used to have better social supports and did not have to suffer such losses alone!. Others understood!. There were close friends and relatives to talk to!.

I think also that many people had "accidents!." Or just suffered very much!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Lots of things I suppose!.

I will go with medication now though!. Since we have it!. I don't think going back to the old days when blowing your brains out or beating your wife was a common place thing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Unfortunately my guess would be increased suicide!. Thank god for me Cymbalta has been a miracle drug after trying a few others!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

If you could affort it Mental instutations, Poor people did not have time to be depressed, you worked or your starved!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Get Drunk all DayWww@Answer-Health@Com





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