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spacew0man t1_itr392k wrote

This works in some situations, but falls flat in many others. Sometimes, you have to keep going even though it costs your mental health. In those cases, that’s when you learn coping skills and ways to protect your mental health despite being in extremely stressful situations.

Not everyone can just quit because their job or school is tanking their mental health, but the answer isn’t to just suffer. You take up journaling, meditation, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, therapy, medication, literally anything you can to take care of yourself so you can get through that stress and make it to the other side. Life is hard, but humans are resilient and history shows how stubbornly we will press onward even in the most dire of circumstances.

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literally_pee t1_itry7dv wrote

that's the problem in america, people have to make a choice.

homeless and miserable or employed and miserable.

it doesnt help that there is a war going on between employers and emplyess.

or that mental health centers are backed up for months, some years.

thankfully mental health apps offer a bundle of features that were helpful to me.

like you said, its important to put in the work for the life you want. Honestly this is abetter quote than the one op posted.

my point is that the quote from op is a nice sentiment, sure.

but it has the same tone deafness as "let them eat cake" I'd argue.

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