[moron4hire]

To be clear, drugs may not be necessary, and even if drugs are an option, they aren't the only option. There are a lot of ways one can address their mental health issues--with the assistance of a trained, professional psychiatric counselor--that do not involve drugs.

Years ago, I had some anxiety issues that I needed help to get through. But it took my sister convincing me that drugs weren't even the most likely result before I went to see a counselor. My issues weren't serious (night-time, work-stress-related panic attacks), but they were becoming disruptive to my life and I feared getting drugged to numbness like half of my coworkers.

My counselor did not even bring drugs up, actually told me to quit my job. I did, and though the next job had even more demanding bosses, I had the perspective necessary this time to not allow me to stress about it quite so much.

There is nothing that can hurt you about going to see a counselor or therapist once. Most health insurance companies have very discrete phone lines you can call to find a mental health professional. The therapist will talk with you and discuss what you want to do. That's really all they are there for. Most of them are capable of meeting at pretty much any time of day. If you don't have health insurance, there are a lot of therapists that do pro bono work over video conference. You won't get drugs forced on you if you don't want them. You won't get anything forced on you if you don't want it.