My husband has on a few occasions told me to ask my tdoc to help me "toughen up". Why he suggested that is because I can be too sensitive and easily upset sometimes, ranging from anxiety, anger to sadness/grief. I, personally, acknowledge that to be true to an undesirable degree, though I wasn't as sensitive in the past before the worst of my illness struck. I'm not sure if your tdoc is implying any of this about you, but that's my guess.

Strangely, when I have told my tdoc my husband wants her to help "toughen me up", she thinks that's (I don't know), maybe silly. Maybe she thinks it's just OK to be a bit sensitive. But I do think I'd like to be less sensitive to make living, coping, and moving forward a bit easier for myself. I'd like to make faster progress than I'm making. I have even called myself "delicate" to her, which is basically the same as the "fragile" your tdoc mentioned to you. She almost scolded me for saying that.

I do understand that many people without mental illness who are "strong" and "tough" wouldn't necessarily be so very strong and tough if they had to go through what I've gone through. Some may not even be AS strong as I've been. I have to really consider that. Anyway, I do have challenges ahead of me.