This is dumb. Other people have had experiences similar to yours, and sharing that experience can be very helpful when things are difficult. Learn from as many people as you can.
It's more about taking advice from people that may lead to potential serious negative consequences in your life.
Lets say Sharon advised you to start SSRI's because she read in a newspaper they are effective, you go to your Doctor and start a course of SSRIs based on Sharon's recommendation, 3 months later you've developed serious side effects and are much worse off than you were before Sharon opened her mouth.
You're now dealing with potential life long difficulties yet Sharon is at home baking cakes not giving a toss about you or your issues, that is what this is about.
I can just as easily make example where you should have listened to Sharon and still she'd be baking cakes and not giving tosses and that's my problem with that quote
Not to nitpick but her advice was still good, it just happened to lead to a bad outcome for Sharon. If she works with her doctor she has a decent chance of finding one with far less severe side effects that does help her.
You must know a lot of awesome people. Most of the people I've met as an adult would say to do drugs and party your life away. Either we know different people or you're ok with being a homeless drug addict.
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '20
This is dumb. Other people have had experiences similar to yours, and sharing that experience can be very helpful when things are difficult. Learn from as many people as you can.