"Life Is Great. Life Gets Better. Look At The Bright Side"... What to say to these people?

[Quarky00]

"You are so right! Go live yours , and leave me"



<fake a wholehearted smile of gratitude at exclamation point>

 

[Sensei]

By the time I got to know it is bipolar disorder, it has somehow switched to schizoaffective depressive type. I have read myself more than 200 books about psychology and self-development. And guess what? With such a diagnose it is just a waste of time. And all of those motivational videos are not for us!

I agree that self-development books and motivational videos are a complete waste of time for us. However, reading up on what my disorder is and how it works, i.e. psychoeducation, has made it a little bit easier for me to cope with my illness.

 

[faust]

I agree that self-development books and motivational videos are a complete waste of time for us. However, reading up on what my disorder is and how it works, i.e. psychoeducation, has made it a little bit easier for me to cope with my illness.

I guess one of the best things would be to read about side effects of our medications. I once had akathisia and dystonia at the same time. And I did not know what is that. And nobody knew. I got medication only on day 3 after a horror which I experienced. It could be much better if I knew what is that and could explain the emergency department.

 

[-Link-]

Well, I would divide this into 3 levels as it is in games. Okay, starting from EASY level:

EASY:

"Sorry, I think our opinions differ so much that probably we won't understand each other if we continue discussion"
"I think you are right, but of course there are pitfalls and we cannot neglect them"
"This world made us different. This means that we can have different views and that is good. But how about... bla bla bla"

INTERMEDIATE:

"Honestly I don't think you are right in this situation, the light cannot exist without shadows and we were all born from chaos"
"You can always say that seeing copious harvest from your window, but the life may be a tragedy to those who see dark clouds instead of a sunshine"
"When you see the planes crashing, terrorists, famine, rapes worldwide, can you still say that life is amazing?"

HARD:

"If you think so, you are just a child of consumerism. Ignorant sheep which do not see what is on the other side of the field"
"If you believe life is something sacred, then the army is waiting for you. You will forget what is getting up at 12 o'clock, wear combat boots and hear the rumbling voice of a petty officer"
"Wait a sec, I will give you an address. This is a mental hospital, tell'em life is beautiful."

Okay, one more. Let it be extreme.

EXTREME:

"Well, you would better shut up before I started pushing in your mouth the reasons why you are wrong"
"I will now call a taxi, you punk go home and wash your mouth with the soap"
"Bud, if life was so cool to you, you would be now drinking expensive wine, eating lobsters and chilling on Bali instead of talking to me right now. Go get a job that you hate and then I will talk to you"
"See what, the universe exists almost 14 billion years. And this is the first time I hear such a bullshit from you. Is everything okay?"
"Do you know what is the difference between cow shit and bull shit?" -No - So if you don't fucking know anything about shit, why do you talk about life?

This was great. I hope I can remember some of these.

 

[faust]

This was great. I hope I can remember some of these.

Just improvise, you may get some better arguments

 

[Sensei]

I guess one of the best things would be to read about side effects of our medications. I once had akathisia and dystonia at the same time. And I did not know what is that. And nobody knew. I got medication only on day 3 after a horror which I experienced. It could be much better if I knew what is that and could explain the emergency department.

I've been lucky. Almost no side effects, at least once the proper doses have been figured out.

 

[silvermoon]

Everyone's heard this from optimists that have either gone through not that much trauma, or have been blessed with the courage or circumstance of things getting better to the point where they can't see or are so persistant about pushing the fact onto other people that it gets better. I know one person in my life whom I talk to in person who says this a lot, and I want to have an answer... but I don't want to say "Fuck you, no it doesn't, it never does." What responses that are polite do you normally give to people that can help them think about saying things like that to people that have been through the wringer?

Tell them to live your life. Then He will definitely agree that it won't get better.

 

[itsmeagain]

Tell them to live your life. Then He will definitely agree that it won't get better.

Omg.... this is short and sweet. Never would have thought of this <3
I would like to say that I'm not dismissing anyone else's replies. A lot of the time, even with the ideas people have posted, just won't understand. Thank you all <3 still accepting more answers of course!