We got our doggo about a month before Covid as a tiny puppy. She's a sweetheart but she is codependent as hell with my wife and she doesn't really like other animals except our two cats. I'd feel so much worse if we had gotten her after already starting quarantine.
I've been dealing with this for over 20 years and no matter what my level of activity or diet has been, that's never changed. I used to run marathons and was in excellent shape for years, and it never made me any less bipolar/depressive at all, that's how I know.
This has some real 'just go touch some grass' energy. You sound like my brother who after a decade of telling me that my mental health issues are my fault because I don't live the way he does, still can't seem to comprehend that fucked-up brain chemistry is a thing that exists. All the salads and fresh air in the world won't suddenly fix my neurotransmitters and just magically correct the fundamental dysfunction up there. Maybe don't act like you know what will fix me if you don't even understand what's wrong with me.
We got our doggo about a month before Covid as a tiny puppy. She's a sweetheart but she is codependent as hell with my wife and she doesn't really like other animals except our two cats. I'd feel so much worse if we had gotten her after already starting quarantine.