Upvote for "I made me strong". Brilliant.

For the longest time for me it was; "Stop being gay when grandma's over! it upsets her!" Like wow! Where is the off switch?

Piss off.

Yep, some people think you’re choosing to have clinical depression and suicidal thoughts and ‘just need to smile more.’ 😞 smiling does not cure a serious illness.

I dont need to drink more water and go outside in the sun, Im not a f*****g plant....

Those depression and anxiety medications saved my life.

Yep go outside, put on a fake smile, walk around then go back inside and cry. Stupid thing to tell a depressed person On meds.

A friend said to me, "I'd like to know what you're like when you aren't taking your meds," and I said "No, you don't, because I would kill you or myself."

Nobody knows what a depression really is 😔

It's a chemical thing, ya dumb jerk. Also OMG I WANT MY DEPRESSION ANXIETY MEDS TO HAVE LITTLE SMILEY FACES THAT'S RLLY CUTE

Gods, my mother telling me not to get addicted when she found out I was on meds for my anxiety/depression. Yeah I’m not the one who hears voices Ma..or her telling me to think positive not negative. Guess who got told to f*ck off not long after about the fiftieth time of hearing that crap? It’s been over a year since we’ve spoken and I feel a hell of a lot better!

"Oh your arm is broken? You just need to lift more weights!"

Holy Crap, Why didn't I think of that sooner. it totally worked /s

I walk approx 3-5 miles a day, I always smile and try and make people happy, you’d never know I am chronically depressed… because I NEED medication 💊 and I take it to make me better

Oh yes and work out often and do stuff you like! You'll feel better in no time! When I was depressed I didn't even know what I liked, there was just nothing

tired that, "fake it till u make it" only works in crap situations, not chemical imbalances in the brain

(That comment is made, enter dark comedy moment) Pulls out a gun abd shoots the speaker. NOW, there's a reason to SMILE.

Some in my family are the opposite: they’ll take a pill, but won’t try any sort of behavioral therapy. A lot of people need both.

"I'll go outside to bury your body, and I'll smile while I'm doing it!"

Right Now I'm outside with a fake smile and depression. Yay.

Wouldn't that be nice!

I still get furious when I think about the doctor who condescendingly told me that exercise can decrease anxiety by something like 80%. Bitch, I literally worked out three times a day and still had panic attacks that sent me to the ER.

I found one of those smiley capsules like in the picture at work one day and wondered what "drug" it was. Turns out, you open it up and it contains a tiny, rolled-up piece of paper bound with a tiny metal ring. On the paper is a message like, "You're great! Keep going!" I wondered how many people have swallowed them think they were MDMA or something, lol.

I hate this. Do they have a psych degree? Are they a doctor? Then keep their views to themselves.

F*cking this!!!!

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs !!

You need to shut up and get educated.

Yeah, some people will just never understand depression, it's above their capacity. Just brush it off and ignore them

Ignorance is bliss with these idiots

Asking. People. To. Fake. Happiness. Does. Not. Help.

When my oldest let for boot camp my anxiety went into overdrive and I was forced to go on FMLA because my anxiety attacks were horrendous. I knew it was affecting me more than it should have and saw a counselor who helped me figure out what was causing my frequent attacks and taught me a tapping sequence that saved my sanity. My issue came from me having to know where those that mean the most to me were at all times because when I was 14 my mom was supposed to be home when I got home from school one day and she wasn't. I called everywhere she should have been and couldn't find her. About thirty minutes later my brother comes home and I learned Mom had been murdered by her boyfriend. My coping mechanism was always knowing everyone's location. So while I'm falling apart I am trying to talk to my dad in search of support. What I got was him telling me to get over it. I pretty much shut him out of my life for a couple of years and our relationship is now strained and will never be the same again.

This is the worst thing that you can say to someone with depression. Depression is not about smiling, it's about feeling like you are alone and lost.

Social media has trivialized mental health, leading people believe that poor mental health is part of one's mood and something that can be solved with a few cute cartoons and "pep-talk" phrases. Mental health is a debilitating problem that needs the proper diagnosis of a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL who can then recommend proper therapy and/or medication. Getting help, for most people is the hardest step. Encouraging them to seek professional help is what is needed.

Shut up you absolute moron

How anyone can compare divorce to death is beyond me. I looked this up on reddit and it was a few years ago, she is happily remarried.

I always found that insulting after my father died. I get people don't know what to say when one dies, but this was the biggest slap in the face for me.

Just reply: " you'll soon regret yours"... Oh you think that that's inappropriate?

If God supposedly never gives you more than you can handle, then please explain all the suicides, addicts, people with depression and other mental health issues etc.

I have had migraines my entire life. Once a doctor told me they were simply, "all in my head". Yes, yes they were. And that day it was right in my left temple. Some doctors are complete idiots with no empathy.

It is all code for "You are ultimately to blame for everything that happened to you." I even heard that the "power of attraction" means the Jews brought the Holocaust on themselves. No joke. It was in a book about positive thinking. WTF?!

I often invalidate my own experiences or pain by saying this. I think it's the guilt that I've been brought up with.

Yours maybe worse but this is the worst I have delt with. I hate it when people say that it is not a competition.

I'm so sorry you've had to endure this toxic comment. I've been waiting 15 years for a reason my healthy 26yo died.

My stepdad was an abusive alcoholic when I was little (in high school he was diagnosed with a chemical imbalance and it was treated, making him the most amazing dad ever). When I expressed the desire to divorce my first husband whom had been cheating on me for over a year with the same woman, and with other women in years prior, my mom asked, "are you sure that is bad enough for you to end your marriage??". Which made me stay for 5 more years. I guess in perspective, no, it wasn't as bad as what we had been through with my stepfather, but... really???

If you want children and can't have them then that's really sad and saying stupid stuff like that is cruel.