#vegan depression

[veganymph]

“I’m not vegan because of the cruel conditions of agricultural workers” and what about the slaughter workers who are struggling with ptsd? or the people in their household dealing with the violence they bring home? or the workers who go home and attempt to end their literal lives because of the graphic violence they enact daily? you don’t support amazon because of it’s cruel working conditions, yet slaughterhouse workers experience the exact same, if not far worse. you don’t go vegan because of the poor treatment towards people picking vegetables or growing quinoa, yet you don’t solely live off of meat and dairy and are buying unethically sourced vegetables anyways? why would you cause harm to both slaughterhouse workers and vegetable agriculture workers when you could reduce one of them to 0?

#my post #and they’re still forced to kill literal living beings daily #i think us as vegans should support slaughterhouse workers far more than we currently do. so many of them are mentally ill and/or broke #they’re forced to hear their poor screams and do such terrible things to them #vegan #veganism #go vegan #vegan alternatives #tw domestic violence #tw suicide #tw depression

[morethansalad]

Vegan Wacky Cake (Depression Era Cake)

#vegan #desserts #american cuisine #vintage #cake #chocolate cake #depression era cake #cacao #vanilla #apple cider vinegar #olive oil #coconut sugar #sea salt

[takaraphoenix]

Oh I am loathing this American-ification of everything.

I got an early appointment in the city tomorrow and I figured hey, why not treat myself to breakfast afterward. And since I hate walking into a place, seeing the menu and thinking "nope" and having to walk out again, I figured I'd look it up online first.

I've looked through the menus of ten cafés now and only found two that actually have... normal German breakfast.

Every other place has shit like avocado toast, "breakfast bowls" (stop putting all foods into one bowl I am biting you, meals belong on plates), American pancakes with maple syrup, bagels, porridge, hummus (for breakfast?!).

And look, I am not objecting to also including trendy American foods on your menu, but if these are the only options you offer and I can't find a single traditional German breakfast on your menu, then that is just... devastating, to me.

If you're a gimmick café that is specifically American cuisine, that would also be different, but a regular, German café needs to offer a regular, German breakfast.

It should absolutely include at the very-fucking-least the most basic German breakfast platter - bread rolls, hard-boiled egg, marmalade, butter, wurst and/or cheese, and the option to pay more for salmon or a croissant. That's the basic "I am going out to have breakfast at a café" menu. The one on every breakfast menu, for as long as I can remember going out for breakfast.

I can acknowledge that for reasons beyond my personal taste, people really love avocados. But if your menu includes three variations of avocado toast but not a single cheese or wurst option - and you are not an explicitly vegan place, like, there is bacon on this menu too - then something is just really, really fucked up here.

#devastated and depressed about this #like YEAH I would understand an actual American PlaceTM #that thus offers American breakfasts. we have one of those #it's really cool I went there before. first time eating pancakes #but that the MAJORITY of just REGULAR cafés #only offer these Americanized vegan schischi foods?? #and NO option that is traditional to the country YOU ARE IN?? #that's wild. that's wild and weird and I am Not Okay with this #Food

[werebutch]

So many times I’ve seen people on here be like wowww it’s so funny seeing ppl rage over vegans 😁!! ….. these people genuinely have no idea what they’re talking about. If you mention all their stuff being made of plastic they cover their ears and go lalala like they’re 5. I’m sorry but it DOES make me mad. I wish your passion for the environment could go somewhere actually useful and not to blissful ignorance and even environmental harm. -_-

#idgaf if you don’t eat meat. good for you… but if the reason you’re vegan is because of some sad baby cows and not the overall impact of #the fashion industry (etc) then you’re not seeing the big picture. and you’ll likely never WANT to see .. #different subject but I also think it’s worth noting the anthropomorphism of farm animals in advocacy for veganism. does that make sense #like the whole thing about like. imagine you’re born just to become meat and a jacket etc etc so sad so depressing. except.. animals have n #concept of that. they only know right now. they don’t think about stuff like that?…. #you can’t put yourself in their place because they genuinelh don’t have the capacity to understand it like we do. it’s annoying #obviously I want livestock to be treated well. it makes me sad that abuse is rampant in an industry like this. but if you want to really #help… buy your meat from someone you KNOW treats their animals well. ?does that make sense.. #this is not the garden of Eden bitch animals die. that’s not always a bad thing. hello can anyone hear me

[ruthlesslistener]

HOLY SHIT MY MOM ADOPTES BUNNIES

Their names are Princess (piebald female) and Chewie (brown tortie male), and I'm super excited to meet them!! They're a bonded pair of siblings who already got rehomed twice for apparently being somewhat standoffish, but given how much of a sassy queen Celeste used to be, that's not gonna be a problem with our family XD Princess's name is also gonna be lengthened to 'Princess Leia' to make for a proper Leia and Chewbacca pair

Not as excited about the fact that the adoption agency required an application to be filled out including the whole setup and past qualifications before even getting to see them, or the fact that they charged a $125 adoption fee upfront 'plus extras' that ended up being $440 total for the pair, PLUS they required a mandatory grooming class because the leader thinks that rabbit grooms must be a MINIMUM of 4hrs to prevent GI stasis and that anything less will apparently kill your bunny, but my mom really wanted these bunnies so I'm happy she got them even tho both she and I are pissed about that)

#its run by a bunch of crazy white vegan women tho so what can u sau #<- my mom and sisters words btw #but eh the bunnos are cute and mom is super happy to have them bc shes been depressed recently #so even tho my ocd gutfear says something awful is gonna happen- i hope everything goes well

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

Ngh, if Spop was modern day Earth, Perfuma would be anti vax. Girl would be selling crystals and essential oils for everything.

PLS I TOTALLY AGREE

#she'd also be a vegan #and not one of the nice ones #and message you on instagram saying that her crystals can cure your depression within a month #spop #perfuma

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #9204

 Learning to make delicious vegan food by myself. – Guest Submission

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#sad #help #hope #reason to live #depressed #depression #empty #alone #mental illness #anxiety #trauma #guest submission #mental health #learning #cook #cooking #delicious #vegan #food

[aloeverawrites]

Tw smoking mention and generally giving up on humanity-

I really don’t know how to get people to go vegan anymore. I’m just a bit dead inside about the whole thing.

I think I just like arguing the logic and facts of it, pointing out the cognitive dissonance of it all and letting them make their own choice, because trying to make an emotional argument to people who don’t care makes me want to take up smoking. I can’t afford that.

Being vegan is cool but it killed a lot of my faith in humanity lol.

Anyway non vegans. You probably would not pay someone to kill a dog for five minutes of idk wearing a dog fur hat or whatever. You would do that to a pig. If you saw the pig irl and before they dragged him off for a bacon sandwich you probably would not want to get the bacon sandwich as much. So you’ve probably not seen the slaughter process or the factory farming because neither you or the business want that. You likely don’t feel that way about spinach.

Discuss or whatever idk

#not even saying this is a depressed way #I’m just not disappointed because I don’t expect anything #vegan #vystopia

[lobotomizedlady]

hi! in regards to your dilemma about what oil to use, the rule of thumb i've found is to avoid using seed oil unless its wood-pressed and/or cold-pressed, which unfortunately is more expensive. usually olive oils is a safe one, since it comes from the 'fruit' for a lack of a better word.

also ghee is great as a cooking medium, if you're not vegan! a lot of indian stores usuallly sell them at better prices than mainstream supermarkets.

good luck for healthy eating!

Thanks! Yeah I've always used a ton of olive oil in cold preparation & low heat cooking, but I only recently read that all seed oils are bad. I used to use canola oil in cooking quite a lot but now I use butter, ghee, olive oil & occasionally avocado oil. The main problem is that seed oils are in sooo much store bought stuff that I didn't even realize was unhealthy and ultraprocessed. They really add it to fucking everything it's so annoying! Even a lot of plant based milks which I thought were healthy are full of disgusting crap so I'm sticking to dairy milk now.

#i only buy dairy milk from local farms that i know treat the animals well tho so it gets expensive so i dont use it that much #like i dont eat cereal or anything so i mainly just put it in tea #eating healthy is challenging enough but eating healthy AND cruelty free is SO hard #im almost entirely vegetarian bc i find eating animals unsavory but every so often when my iron levels are low i just #CANNOT fight the burger cravings. typical american #basically im not vegan but i believe what they believe lol. im just lazy & depressed i cant stick to eating plans 100% of the time #asks

[veganymph]

how do you guys deal with eco anxiety? the past week or so ive been really stressed about climate change and i don’t know how to relax. for the first time i’m really feeling the effects and it’s terrifying. this winter is so much warmer. i feel angry but i feel scared and so small. does anyone else feel like this?

#my post #vegan #veganism #go vegan #vegan alternatives #climate change #climate crisis #climate anxiety #eco anxiety #anxiety #depression

[happybirthday-unusannus]

Sometimes I think about food as a love language. I went out to get seafood as lunch with my great aunt (and other family members) and we got crab. As she’s cracking open the crabs, she mentions how a specific part is her favorite, and then immediately offers it to her husband. My great-grandmother’s memory is starting to go a bit, and a few years ago I started digitalizing some of her recipes so that she’d have a copy all in one place rather than old tins everywhere in her kitchen, and I shared the Google document with the whole family. When she passes, the only thing my mom wants of hers for certain is her cutting board because of the food memories attached to it. We all covet the queso recipe from the Mexican place some of the family used to own. Every time we’re in Boulder we try to go to the restaurant my great-grandmother’s twin’s husband used to own. We bake cookies for each other every time we see each other. I know my favorite cookies are ginger snaps, my mom’s are oatmeal chocolate chip, my grandmother’s are pecan sandies. My great-grandmother makes those cookies when we come over. Idk. I’m just thinking about food as a love language.

#cw food #not happy birthday #there was more to this thought I’m leaving in the tags and not in the main post #cause it’s a little personal and a little more depressing #but there’s something about my father in this too #food is not his love language and it shows #where as my family praises putting on a little weight #not in a ‘be terribly overweight’ but in a ‘their comments about food are always you’re too skinny’ #my dad is very much the opposite #he complains about sugar and junk food and the unhealthiness of it all the time #he also tries to get us to watch those vegan videos about animals right before we eat #anyways tangent

[oediex]

I have to take antibiotics this week. Some bacteria decided to set up shop in my body.

There is lactose in these meds. Perhaps there are antibiotics made without. There must be, for those who are lactose intolerant. I didn't ask, because I didn't know until I had the box in my hands. It doesn't matter. I'm not less vegan when I have to take medication that contains animal products or that was tested on animals. This is the way our world is organised, not something I can control.

The recommendation is to take them with food, and that three times a day. Currently, I am lucky if I manage to get two meals a day into my body. My stomach does not want to participate. So I have smaller meals, hope it is enough. What counts as food?

In both cases, the same rule applies: all you can do is your best.

#depression #health #mental health #mental illness #vegan #writing #my writing #a story every day #5 april #2024

[nerefee]

Family Christmas dinners are… something

#a #don’t even have my brother this year bc he’s sick </3 #actually like my grandpa more now that he has dementia and is a shell of a person bc he was a huge asshole and I have no love for him #doing this solely for my mother who I ALSO have a complicated and unhealthy relationship with #added fun of me being vegan and there not being 1 thing I can eat #(usually I make and bring smth but I was sick and I’m also tired and depressed so I wasn’t up for it) #and there will be a part 2 to this tomorrow with my aunt and my uncles girlfriend (light of my life) #im so not up for social interaction honestly but my mother will have a temper tantrum and I don’t have the energy to deal with that

[pansyfemme]

im gonna fix these up later but noam, the disaster femme who lives in my brain lol

#he’s so fucked up i love him so much #he’s on like ten medications and takes none of them reguarly he’s a ‘vegan’ who breaks it constantly #on his days off he doesnt leave bed and he spends wayyyy too much on coffee #he’s been clinically depressed since age three and has barely made progress but he is always trying to get better. kinda #he started crossdressing in highschool as a joke and he never really went back #he reguarly gets mistaken for a cis woman to the point he doesnt even correct ppl anymore but he is indeed. a cis man #no id #his design has changed over the years. his hair just gets longer and curlier and his body more feminine lol #jude’s wips

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #9058

 Being vegan and knowing that no animal is purposely hurt for my taste.  – Guest Submission

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#sad #help #hope #reason to live #depressed #depression #empty #alone #mental illness #anxiety #trauma #guest submission #mental health #vegan #eating #food

[gardenofnoah]

hi what did y’all have for dinner

#i made vegan mushroom stroganoff #currently trying to resurface from the winter depression and feed myself appropriately again so it was a dub