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What is the most unhelpful advice you have received? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by axolittl@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll go first: "You have to have children when you're young," told to me when I was in my late 20s, with no desire to ever have kids, and no means to support them, by someone divorced multiple times with at least one adult child who does not speak to them.

Also: Responding to "How do I deal with this problem?" questions with "Oh, don't worry about it, it's enough that you're even thinking about it!"

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[-] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 44 points 1 year ago

When talking to someone about mental illness: "You know it's all in your head right?"

[-] zos_kia@lemmy.fmhy.ml 48 points 1 year ago

"Damn, I thought mental illness was in the knees"

[-] Bird@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I don't ... how do you even reply to that? Wow thanks, I'm cured?

[-] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 year ago

I said "you're absolutely right" and left it at that. They were trying to get to the idea that mental illness is made up and shit like that. I don't feed into that sort of stuff so the conversation didn't carry on after that lol.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

If you stop and listen to idiots, you won't go far.

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