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Telling people with anxiety or depression to "relax" or "just be happy" is pretty insulting. A person with asthma or a broken leg is usually not told to just b
by goodpoint 8y ago
Telling people with anxiety or depression to "relax" or "just be happy" is pretty insulting.
A person with asthma or a broken leg is usually not told to just breathe or just go for a walk.
- macawfish 8y agoOkay I definitely agree with you in situations where people are being invalidating. Tone is hard to read on the internet. Personally I read that comment as reassuring rather than invalidating. (Of course it wasn't directed at me). I get anxiety quite regularly and have battled depression since age 10 after experiencing something very traumatic. When someone manages to successfully reassure me, I'll take it. It can help break me out of my digging.