Many will be triggered

Yes! then you can have other mental health problems to distract from your existing ones.

For best results, try Gentoo.

Can't focus on mental problems if you're too busy reinstalling arch.

Me dealing with serious computer problems

Lemmy users: mAYbe YOu ShOuLD trY thERaPy

Or you could just lean into your mental health issues and try TempleOS.

I used to be all fucked up on drugs, now I am all fucked up on Linux.

Hooked on Linux worked for me!

shocking: users of open-source reddit alternative like open-source things

Okay but have you considered

I googled my symptoms and it says here I have "compatibility issues".

In all fairness my mental health IS better since I've moved to Linux.

Turns out constant ads, AI crap I can't disable, the feeling of being spied on and other corporate tech-bro soul-sucking shenanigans is not great for one's mental health.

It's not even over when you switch to Linux as I found out.

"You're not using Arch? What's wrong with you?"

"Mint is for idiots who don't understand Linux."

Etc.

I increased my antidepressants due to ArchLinux

If based on reality, I'm sorry to hear it and how it gets better soon. As a Linux user for over a decade, this is extremely funny.

Now, have you heard of Plan9 from Bell Labs?... /s

It's useful if your mental health issues are caused by Microsoft. For example, if I ever have to go through another license audit, I may have a psychotic break.

Linux has helped me rediscover my love for computers. And the many small and larger hobby projects I can now embark on because of it do in fact help with my mental health.

It would help though

lemmy users be like: linux, star trek, elon musk, trump, socialism, linux

Does this refer to the overall Lemmy meta or was there a specific "sucks your mum died; maybe it was from the shame of you using Adobe products" moment?

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

If you’re triggered, maybe you should try Linux!

I just died laughing almost tearing up with random public looking at me

You know how people always tell depressed people to exercise because it actually works in a lot of cases?

I mean, Linux cannot solve mental problems (hope it can get better <3), but it can help with big number of other problems 🥹so you can still try it 🥹

Use Solaris. You can't have mental health issues if your brain is on the wall.

"I'm going to throw myself off a bridge!"

"I use Arch btw"

I say this as an Apple user: most Linux users are pretty normal people. Some are like the most annoying Apple evangelist I’ve ever encountered.

I once had trouble with my arches.....

They recommended Debian.

I see a lot of the "even once you pick a Linux distro you get yelled at for using the wrong one" and like I just haven't seen that here?

Lemmy is by far the chilliest place of Linux users I've ever fucking seen. Even when I posted an issue on the Linux mint forum I got fucking told "well you used XFCE, there's your issue" despite it being the better choice for that system

We absolutely will pressure people to try it, because we're a cult. Meetings on Thursdays at 9PM for my local chapter

Very accurate

BTW maybe you should try gym

That way, instead of taking care of yourself, you can the care of your machine !

I feel personally attacked.

Package managers really improve my day.

Using windows is a serious mental health issue? Well..... Hahahahaah

What if my mental problems come from fighting Windows?

The issue of lemmy users telling you to use linux can be solved by using linux

Okey but consider this. FreeBSD.

Yes, or Lenny users just in general

Edit: I’m not fixing it

But... Have you tried linux?

For what it's worth the seizures and the Linux started about the same time it's just both have gotten SIGNIFICANTLY worse lately. Computer's running great, hate waking up in the ER though.

Well...

Well, you should!

I mean, it’ll definitely take your mind of your lesser problems

Thank you good sir for the genuine laugh

You don't have tine worrying about mental health problems when you are installing linux from scratch btw!

Mind is too busy fixing your rice to be sad.

“You feel like a stupid piece of shit? Try a brand new OS to have that feeling confirmed.”

Linux cured my cancer and gave me $1,000,000

ROFL This is accurate. It will certainly distract you from serious mental health issues but not act as a balm against inner discord.

Well yeah. I had all sorts of mental health problems I was struggling to deal with, but now I'm struggling to make the perfect desktop configuration instead.

And I'd rather not be sane, thank you! 🤪

You jest but using Linux did actually alleviate some mental health problems

They're right, cuz you will find a great community of like-minded people.

Source: I'm a regular Linux guy.

My transparency in kitty broke today from an update (probably like mesa or something idk) so I feel.

It encourages self-reliance and fosters a sense of control. Sure everything in our lives is increasingly forced on us by corporations run by out of touch narcissists, but there's at least one way we still can have control of our own.

I like linux a lot but I think NixOS has been a terrible mistake for my ADHD.

But did you try it?

I'm gonna need a source for this

yay ssri

or maybe

yum -i maoi

Tsk tsk. You should try BSD instead!

Have you met our lord and saviour, Richard Stallman?

A little bit of low-stakes adversity is good for your mental health

linux users are like catholics, they never stfu.

No one has made fun of me yet for using PopOS.

Yeah, but have u tho?

Have you tried basing your personality on a tiling window manager and wearing really long socks, though?