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Love the list, hate the attitude

• Bakary 8y ago
  The attitude is what makes the list useful to those who might benefit from it.
  • ppeetteerr 8y ago
    You'll have to take my word that the list has the opposite effect of being helpful. It's rather off-putting to read despite being quite accurate.
    • bfhd 8y ago
      It's okay - you aren't one of the people who would be helped by this article. But some people would be.
• RIMR 8y ago
  A couple people I showed this to immediately got upset by #3. I get that it comes off as another "Just stop being depressed/anxious" argument, which is undoubtedly tone-deaf, but there's still a point to be made here. Depression and Anxiety are real issues, and you can't just "get over it". However, being in control of oneself and refusing to define yourself by things like depression and anxiety are important to besting things like depression and anxiety. Just because it is an affliction doesn't mean you should allow yourself to be defeated by it. It doesn't mean that you are doing any good using these problems as an excuse, because no matter how unfair it seems, depression and anxiety isn't an excuse for willful misery.
• gowld 8y ago
  Giving advice in a deeply sarcastic form just obscures the message. It's OK if it's for a silly lighthearted topic, but for anything serious it's just tacky.