To some extent, the coping mechanisms we (the old people) had to figure out ourselves did work. Stuff got done. The cost? Depression, anxiety, all that good stuff.

Yes, most of us survived - but life would have been so much better (and more productive) if we could have gotten the right help at the right time.

So, yes: We made it, it SUCKED, let's not make people go through this needlessly.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My belief is that willpower isn't something a person "just" needs - it's one of most precious and hard to acquire things a person can have. It also doesn't fix mental health problems, but it helps cope with them. I say that as someone who has just barely enough willpower to keep my own life from falling apart, even with medication and the help of my family. I don't know how to get more of it so I'm not going to be dismissive of other people who also don't have as much as they might want.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

With ADHD it's kind of technically true lmao, part of ADHD is a difficulty building the "willpower" to do basic daily tasks, at least in my experience. However what helps to build that is medication and/or therapy