Youre lucky you get to choose what to be upset about.
Others dont have the privilege.
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Updated 6 years ago,February 25, 2019
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Jesse Herzog
If only you worked harder, you wouldnt be as depressed.
Blaming them for being lazy only exacerbates the resentment they have towards themselves.
You have no right to be depressed because impoverished people have to suffer more than you.
Youre lucky you get to choose what to be upset about.
Others dont have the privilege.
Depressed people dont choose what to be depressed about.
Theyre not lucky, theyre hurting.
Go get a better job.
This simple sentence is demeaning to people who suffer from depression.
You should go out and socialize more.
Just take stronger happy pills and youll recover.
If only you accomplished more five years ago, you wouldnt be as sad.
Bringing up the past is always a mistake when youre speaking to depressed people.
This only paralyzes them and makes them feel like theyre not good enough to move forward.
8. you gotta work out more.
Again, youre implying that theyre lazy and unhealthy.
People cant just ignore their feelings and expect that to make them better.
Its not them, its you.
Youre the reason why people are mean to you.
If you smiled more, people would like you better and you wouldnt feel as lonely or depressed.
A fake smile cannot heal internal wounds or cure existential crises.
Depressed people cant force themselves to look happy all the time.
Asking them to smile is a surefire way to make them feel worse about themselves.
Youre too self-absorbed for your own good.
Depressed people feel unfulfilled and underappreciated.
In fact, this makes them anything but self-absorbed.
What they really need is time to explore their interests without any guilt or shame.
Quit crying and feeling sorry for yourself.
Youre being a burden.
Theyve beat themselves up enough from believing in the lie that they are burdens to society.
Theres no need to compound upon this or make them feel more worthless than they already feel.
Youre too weak and sensitive.
They are not weak for suffering and not healing themselves overnight.
Toughening up will not make their depression go away, it will only intensify the tension within them.
Youre not a normal person.
Theres something wrong with you.
