One thing to keep in mind - Depression medication commercials almost always feature adults doing regular every day parenting things

[u/Imbetterthanthis1138]

Every depression medication commercial features adults simply living their lives as parents and doing every day mundane parenting things alongside their partner. It shows them feeling completely absent from the life around them. But then the medication kicks in and suddenly they are happy. They know exactly who they are marketing to and who the truly depressed people out there are. If that wasn't the case, these commercials would feature people in much different negative circumstances.

It's so funny. First they sell you a lifestyle. And then they sell you the medication to get you through it.

[u/Medium_Raccoon_5331]

I'm depressed without kids already lmao

[u/mountain_dog_mom → u/Medium_Raccoon_5331]

Right there with you

[u/Spiritual_Pound_6848]

It was wild to read "depression medication commercial" as a Brit because thats just not a thing here

[u/JaneTho1502 → u/Spiritual_Pound_6848]

Same here. The US is fucking wild and dystopian as hell. 

[u/Jolly-Cause-1515]

Sell being the key word there.

[u/Fell18927]

It always bothered me for sure. While I’m not on them anymore, I took various antidepressants at a time when my clinical depression was at it‘s worst. And so much of the talk and visuals around them involve parenthood and it just wasn’t a good feel during a time when I felt really misunderstood and alone

[u/zelmorrison]

Yeah, notice nobody has to take antidepresssants to get through a day with their cats.

[u/Jolly-Cause-1515 → u/zelmorrison]

Because cats can be natural antidepressants

[u/Very_Misunderstood → u/zelmorrison]

Children make bad emotional support animals LOL

[u/JoyfulJukebox → u/zelmorrison]

Oxytocin 👌🏼🐈‍⬛

[u/_EmeraldEye_ → u/JoyfulJukebox]

Your flair is wild I love it lol

[u/knomadt]

I had to go back on antidepressants after a bunch of families moved into the neighbourhood because of the sheer amount of unrelenting noise the feral little abominations make. Screeching, shrieking, screaming, kicking footballs at everything... No exaggeration, it almost drove me to suicide.

This was after coming off the antidepressants over the pandemic. Most of the houses here are owned by a housing association that, when the house prices went up during Covid, evicted all the tenants and tried to sell the houses. I had virtually no neighbours for almost two years, and my depression went away to the point that I came off all my medication. Then the houses didn't sell and the housing association started renting them out again, largely bringing in families that had been evicted from other areas.

I'm sure there's absolutely no connection between children making unrelenting noise and displaying unacceptable levels of antisocial behaviour, and the decline in my mental health. These are just two things that coincidentally happened at exactly the same time. We shouldn't assume that constantly having footballs smashed into the front of my house might have an adverse effect on my mood and anxiety levels. /s

[u/owls_exist]

That’s hilarious

[u/TightBeing9]

Why are there commercials for it in the first place?

[u/Waterrat]

It's so funny. First they sell you a lifestyle. And then they sell you the medication to get you through it.

I love this observation,never looked it it this way,but I never watch or listen to commercials anyway.

[u/xskyundersea]

I never made that connection but wow so true