Tell me the worst mental health advice you've received

[telekon]

"pull yourself up by the bootstraps"

This one is funny because it's literally impossible to pull yourself up by bootstraps. That's why it's supposed to be said ironically, but lately people say it seriously, and I don't think they get the joke.

 

[khora]

Fake it till u make it.

 

[PersonBeforeLife]

Fuck that. Whenever I see people outside I just feel even more depressed and alone. It's as if the world is mocking me

I can be in a room of 150 people and still be alone.

Though if you haven't tried a "munch" is probably your best bet.

 

[limenlux]

one time someone actually used the line "inside you there are two wolves" when trying to give me advice

"Inside you there are two wolves. Both have SaSu accounts."

 

[themisfit]

"Quit your medications and go to the gym"

 

[lifesnotfair]

I told my psychiatrist about my earworms and he tried to prescribe me antipsychotics. Maybe he thought I was hallucinating them.

 

[unluckysadness]

"It's ONLY anxiety"
"You are too self-centered"
"Go outside and see people"
"I pray for you"

and many other bullshit advices

 

[Preh1storic_Rib]

"You're so fascinating, I think you'll be fine." - my highschool therapist before ending session and proceeding to disappear of the map

 

[waaaheaven]

"you can get through this"
get through what exactly? what am i currently in and what's waiting on the other side?

 

[abstractcat7]

Most all of these other people have posted are painfully familiar. I guess I've known a lot of people with a lot of different opinions/perspectives all of which were unhelpful, unempathetic, and completely uncaring. Both the people and their idiotic and toxic ideas.

I'd have to say that being told to my face that my mental health problems, health problems, and financial problems could all be solved by doing two things:

Have you considered other people have it hard and have problems but they overcome them? Why don't you just overcome your problems? Just because they had good health, lots of money, and a large support network doesn't mean you can't do exactly what they did without those things! You just don't want to try.

Also, have you ever considered how praying to Jesus will help solve those problems for you? You don't seem like a happy person, letting Jesus into your heart will fix that.

Absolutely evil, disgusting, abhorrent, malevolent, revolting, repulsive, sinister, brain-dead, worthless, trashy, and absolutely appalling things to say to someone, regardless of how bad their problems are or arent.

Instead of being a human being, not even a decent one just a human being at all, they choose to be this. There are few things I hate more than people like this. There are few kinds of people that are contributing more to the demise of humanity and the end of the world than these people. Their political beliefs, their religious beliefs, their bigotry, and their rejection of basic human goodness and empathy. Only American Christians could start a movement like "Empathy is a Sin." Claim to be so good, so moral, so righteous, so loving, and better than everyone else while aligning more politically, religiously, and socially with the literal Nazis than anything else. They worship the biggest narcissist ever, the most narcissistic character ever invented and written by humans. Then they have the nerve to criticize me and bring my morality and integrity into question because I don't believe in stupid imaginary bullshit, but they do. I'm crazy and weird but they believe they talk to an all power imaginary friend who can't do anything and never does anything. The only things he does are things other human beings do, like EMTs saving people, and instead of crediting the heroic human being... they give credit to their Holy Narcissist. Fucking scum. We are in the Golden Age of Narcissism witnessing the death of Empathy. There is no hate like Christian Love. Sorry for the rant. Had to get this out of my system. I wish after I CTB they would change and become better people, but I know they will just smear my memory with their disgusting religious ideology. Really unfortunate. But that's life, right?

 

[CrawlingInMySkin]

"It can't be that bad. Someone in the world has to have it worse."
yeah, well fuck you. If I punch you in the face, saying "statistically, someone got shot just now. Be lucky I didn't shoot you." Doesn't make the punch hurt any less! Hate the people of this world.

Most all of these other people have posted are painfully familiar. I guess I've known a lot of people with a lot of different opinions/perspectives all of which were unhelpful, unempathetic, and completely uncaring. Both the people and their idiotic and toxic ideas.

I'd have to say that being told to my face that my mental health problems, health problems, and financial problems could all be solved by doing two things:

Have you considered other people have it hard and have problems but they overcome them? Why don't you just overcome your problems? Just because they had good health, lots of money, and a large support network doesn't mean you can't do exactly what they did without those things! You just don't want to try.

Also, have you ever considered how praying to Jesus will help solve those problems for you? You don't seem like a happy person, letting Jesus into your heart will fix that.

Absolutely evil, disgusting, abhorrent, malevolent, revolting, repulsive, sinister, brain-dead, worthless, trashy, and absolutely appalling things to say to someone, regardless of how bad their problems are or arent.

Instead of being a human being, not even a decent one just a human being at all, they choose to be this. There are few things I hate more than people like this. There are few kinds of people that are contributing more to the demise of humanity and the end of the world than these people. Their political beliefs, their religious beliefs, their bigotry, and their rejection of basic human goodness and empathy. Only American Christians could start a movement like "Empathy is a Sin." Claim to be so good, so moral, so righteous, so loving, and better than everyone else while aligning more politically, religiously, and socially with the literal Nazis than anything else. They worship the biggest narcissist ever, the most narcissistic character ever invented and written by humans. Then they have the nerve to criticize me and bring my morality and integrity into question because I don't believe in stupid imaginary bullshit, but they do. I'm crazy and weird but they believe they talk to an all power imaginary friend who can't do anything and never does anything. The only things he does are things other human beings do, like EMTs saving people, and instead of crediting the heroic human being... they give credit to their Holy Narcissist. Fucking scum. We are in the Golden Age of Narcissism witnessing the death of Empathy. There is no hate like Christian Love. Sorry for the rant. Had to get this out of my system. I wish after I CTB they would change and become better people, but I know they will just smear my memory with their disgusting religious ideology. Really unfortunate. But that's life, right?

Couldn't have said it better. Thank you for putting this into words

 

[HD72]

1. I know EXACTLY how you feel. 2. take this medicine. There's no side effects. 3. And my favorite: you have nothing wrong with you, you're just mentally ill and anxious.

 

[MonkeyButter]

Take Venlafaxine or other SNRIs. There is absolutely no link between serotonin and happiness period end of discussion.

 

[Radiated]

Repeatedly told my psychiatrist I was resitant to medication and it didn't help me in the past, guess who got their perscription upped after a 15 minute conversation?

 

[Passenger4224]

"Have you tried a therapist?"

 

[heartinparadise]

Wow, looking at all these incompetent phrases everyone has been saying, makes me realize that the mental health system is really just a structure rotting from the inside.

I've experienced "I know you don't want this kiddo" and "why didn't you tell your friend you were suicidal? Was it because you'd want to form a suicide pact with them?" absurd.

 

[fatigued]

"get a job" (psychiatrist)
i have been determined to be unable to work medically which you would know if you'd listened to anything i just said to you in the last 30 mins or read my file before i got here

 

[SleepyCanet]

My dad takes the number 1 spot "The reason you have all these mental problems is because your brain is made for problems, and since you have no external ones it makes internal ones" Uhm, maybe he though this would make me go do the dishes but instead it made me realise that the brain is really just a fucking outdated torture machine that's too much of a bitch to realise there is enough energy to not be depressed and safe enough environment to not cause puke inducing anxiety out of the blue. Like thanks for telling me this now I realise there is no way out and either deal with "real problems" (whatever the fuck that means) or with my own internal mental shit

 

[Cauliflour]

"But I thought getting your hair dyed would fix your body image issues and stop you self harming..."
I don't have body issues mum, that's not why I self harm. If you listened to me, you would know that. God I can't stand people who put words in my mouth, like you know my mental health better than I do because you read some article about teen mental health!