• quetzaldilla@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      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.