Once upon a time, I was battling severe depression and I had a similar attitude.
I would get angry when people would suggest water and exercise, because it felt like they weren’t acknowledging the severity of my problem. I also found exercising very daunting and I had gone into exercising with the wrong attitude (goal oriented vs. enjoyment).
Turns out, I really did need to drink way more water and exercise.
It’s genuinely good that that worked for you, it won’t work for everyone and even for the people it would help, sometimes there’s a block that requires another fix to get past so it can work. Your experience is entirely valid, but using that experience to invalidate the experiences of others is not cool.
Once upon a time, I was battling severe depression and I had a similar attitude.
I would get angry when people would suggest water and exercise, because it felt like they weren’t acknowledging the severity of my problem. I also found exercising very daunting and I had gone into exercising with the wrong attitude (goal oriented vs. enjoyment).
Turns out, I really did need to drink way more water and exercise.
It’s genuinely good that that worked for you, it won’t work for everyone and even for the people it would help, sometimes there’s a block that requires another fix to get past so it can work. Your experience is entirely valid, but using that experience to invalidate the experiences of others is not cool.