I am in the same boat as many others in that I often find such statements invalidating. For example, my mother likes to compare me to others, pointing out how much better they are coping. And when I am experiencing a mood swing, she tells me that "everyone feels like that sometimes". How? How does EVERYONE feel like that?! Does everyone feel on edge for several days, thoughts spinning and things flying unfiltered out of their mouths? Or extreme irritability combined with an inability to sit still? And does everyone plummet into depression after such a period? No. To the best of my knowledge, they do not.

You'll have to resist the urge to go, "Fy faen, hold kjeft!" should it arise. :P