I think it’s better for mental health than not trying due to grievance and negging narratives. Most people calibrate their expectations; the people who don’t s

I think it’s better for mental health than not trying due to grievance and negging narratives. Most people calibrate their expectations; the people who don’t sometimes succeed — and don’t seem to wither the way people who don’t try tend to. Again, my point isn’t that they’ll all succeed — but they’re strictly better off with a mentality that they should try. To your point about living independently, that’s exactly my point: the ones trying live more independently and require less support because they do the most they can — rather than emotionally imploding, not trying, and requiring extra support. That’s better for both them and their caregivers.