On: Habits of Highly Miserable People

[geowwy]

> author trolls the mentally ill in standard way, says they're doing it for attention.

Where does she say that?

[esolyt → geowwy]

Basically during the entire post.

"misery is an art form, and the satisfaction people seem to find in it reflects the creative effort required to cultivate it."

"making yourself miserable is a craft all its own, requiring imagination, vision, and ingenuity."

"There’s power in making other people feel guilty."

[geowwy → esolyt]

How is that about mental illness? I genuinely don't get it. People can be unhappy without being mentally ill.

[esolyt → geowwy]

> People can be unhappy without being mentally ill.

Sure. But some people feel unhappy all the time. Sometimes for years, sometimes for their entire life. In their case, it is a mental health issue. It's not something they can just shake off when they hear the age-old "you're depressed because you choose to be" argument by a smug author. This approach is outdated and it doesn't work.

[geowwy → esolyt]

> Sure. But some people feel unhappy all the time. Sometimes for years, sometimes for their entire life. In their case, it is a mental health issue.

Sometimes it is, not always. When I went through long periods of unhappiness it was because of my circumstances and life choices.

[mirimir → esolyt]

Yeah, I guess that's fundamentally what annoyed me about the article. I hate smugness.