You
have asthma?
Most people have a perfectly healthy pair of lungs and even if they aren’t the best you don’t see them puffing on an inhaler. I once had a bad cough and I couldn’t breathe but I didn’t use one of those.
We can’t see your lungs so how do we even know that you have asthma?
You know the problem, it’s just that you don’t believe you can breathe right. If you stopped using it you would be just fine and you’d realise you were making the illness yourself by worrying about it. I’m not an expert and I’ve never had asthma but I know I must be right because I know everything about you even though I’m not you. Don’t ask me how. I don’t need to validate my opinions, but I did hear once that someone cured their shallow breathing with fresh air. Go for a walk. There is nothing that you can’t fix yourself. You just aren’t trying hard enough. In fact I think you like being like this.
The thing is I’d rather you were in pain and unhappy and not use your inhaler. Worth a try. It will be better for you in the long run, because then you can say that you beat it alone without help. People get through lots of things without medication. Are you really that weak that you can’t fight this on your own.
See how stupid that is? Don’t tell a depressed person they shouldn’t take antidepressants, the one thing that might make a horrible illness bearable for them. And if you have suffered from depression and got through it on your own then good for you, but don’t assume that another person is the same as you and can do the same, it doesn’t mean you are stronger than them, it simply means that they have a different way of coping, and it doesn’t make their way wrong. Stop belittling their struggle because they aren’t doing it alone. Depression is a very isolating disease already and you should be congratulating them on having the strength to accept that they need help to begin with rather than making them feel smaller than their disease is already making them feel.
Most people have a perfectly healthy pair of lungs and even if they aren’t the best you don’t see them puffing on an inhaler. I once had a bad cough and I couldn’t breathe but I didn’t use one of those.
We can’t see your lungs so how do we even know that you have asthma?
You know the problem, it’s just that you don’t believe you can breathe right. If you stopped using it you would be just fine and you’d realise you were making the illness yourself by worrying about it. I’m not an expert and I’ve never had asthma but I know I must be right because I know everything about you even though I’m not you. Don’t ask me how. I don’t need to validate my opinions, but I did hear once that someone cured their shallow breathing with fresh air. Go for a walk. There is nothing that you can’t fix yourself. You just aren’t trying hard enough. In fact I think you like being like this.
The thing is I’d rather you were in pain and unhappy and not use your inhaler. Worth a try. It will be better for you in the long run, because then you can say that you beat it alone without help. People get through lots of things without medication. Are you really that weak that you can’t fight this on your own.
See how stupid that is? Don’t tell a depressed person they shouldn’t take antidepressants, the one thing that might make a horrible illness bearable for them. And if you have suffered from depression and got through it on your own then good for you, but don’t assume that another person is the same as you and can do the same, it doesn’t mean you are stronger than them, it simply means that they have a different way of coping, and it doesn’t make their way wrong. Stop belittling their struggle because they aren’t doing it alone. Depression is a very isolating disease already and you should be congratulating them on having the strength to accept that they need help to begin with rather than making them feel smaller than their disease is already making them feel.
