After an eventful night, my sister and her (now ex) fiancé told me I had it too good to be sad. Then my sister told me something significant that happened to our family 20 years earlier. She wanted me to feel guilty for something I didn’t do at a time when my child brain didn’t even start to form long term memories. It was as if telling me all this was justification enough for me to never be sad ever.

Since then she’s never tried to have a relationship with me but she puts on a damn good act for everyone else pretending we are closer than we actually are to each other.

She’s the main reason why today I’m so good at identifying and dealing with manipulators. Thanks for that, I guess.

Just don’t be sad!

As an Indigenous Canadian who has a long list of stuff that’s happened to me and my family for generations … I always like this bit of advice …

“It’s in the past, life has to move on, forgive and forget, we can’t do anything about it any more”

It’s easy for you to say when generational and personal trauma hasn’t been part of your life for your entire existence.

“諗啲開心嘅野！” (“Think happy thoughts!”)

-Mom, whenever I tell her I’m depressed

Wow… so insightful… thanks a lot! I’m cured! 🙃

Why do psychaitrists even exist then? Just a “western medicine scam”?

I’ve been reliving happy memories and every time I snap out of it, I just feel so sad, so empty. I can’t feel that happiness anymore, the innocence, to be carefree, and… not being depressed.

Idk how “Think happy thoughts” is supposed to help lmfao.

I got really depressed after being laid off and someone told me that, “I shouldn’t make my next job such a big part of my identity.”

I understood what they meant, but I hope that I love my next job as much as I used to love that one.

Now it can move on to infect the next poor soul…

How about a “You Can Do This!” meme with 400 upvotes?

Dwarf bat furry foot fetish.