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Originally Posted by I.Am.The.End.
I wonder what it means if I know this but don't know how to go about executing it.
Or in some cases, I don't understand why it's helpful. Like telling someone you love them or something...I usually want either a practical solution for what's pushed me into a low mood or validation for how I feel. If someone were to just say "I love you", it feels invalidating...like something I already know magically makes everything alright.
Sorry I didn't get to replying to everyone directly...your posts all appreciated. As it is, I've been working on the reply for a couple of days now and I'm not sure how scattered it is.
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That's really the flaw in telling people how to behave with people with specific disorders. But what I found in common is expressing to the person with the mental illness that he's not alone (to be honest, it's better to show it rather than say it in the long run), because the common feeling of people with mental illnesses is feeling alone. Once someone knows he's loved and gets to see it, it goes down to the feelings eventually.
I like your practical attitude, and it also works for problems. But again, people can tend to have negative feelings which quite a few people don't know how to treat. They want other people's illnesses to just vanish by saying things like "Man up!", or "Just snap out of it, it's all in your head". These statements are unhelpful, because they leave the responsibility to the one with the mental illness.