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"talking about your mental health" does not mean re-parroting your trauma. there's understanding, re-framing, forgiving, all kind of other things that go beyond
by tunesmith 1mo ago
"talking about your mental health" does not mean re-parroting your trauma. there's understanding, re-framing, forgiving, all kind of other things that go beyond the limited belief that talking just calcifies trauma.
- andsoitis 1mo agoDo you know a single person who has cured their mental health problem?
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- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1mo agoYes. What point are you trying to make?
- hn_go_brrrrr 1mo agoI think that's obvious. He doesn't know anyone who has, and thinks the whole thing is a waste of time.
- pezezin 1mo agoYes, me. I suffered some serious depression that I cured through therapy and medication. Discussing it openly with my family and friends certainly helped. As the saying goes, recognizing that you have a problem is the first step to being able to solve it.
- thin_carapace 1mo agoventing is a form of talking about mental health. there are other forms that the problem statement doesn't apply to, like your examples. but the statement does apply to my example, therefore we can't say that talking about mental health is exclusively a positive behaviour.
- Moomoomoo309 1mo agoCan you think of anything you can do that is exclusively a positive behavior? Drinking water in excess kills you, excess breathing kills you, excess exercise kills you, I think the logic here can be used to sow the seeds of uncertainty in nearly anything, honestly.
- thin_carapace 1mo agoyour argument is like mayonnaise, liberally applicable in many situations, but it's a bit bland and not the condiment I'd choose for this dish