in my opinion I think its good to recognize progress not the negatives all the time. I know having people recognize my progress and using humor has helped me alot so i do the same for others. sometimes peopel dont understand why use humor when discussing mental problems and dont understand why I use it. but if they take the time to look past negatives to the humor and positives the healing is that much easier.

another one I use alot is "go break a leg" before I say it to anyone here and it gets misunderstood please know that of course I dont mean that I want them to literally go break their legs. its a saying in the acting /modeling world to over come anxiety and wish someone good luck when facing the public. when i see someone stressing over having to do somethnig, I recognize their progress and then tell them to go for it "go break a leg."