This Is What Your Unsolicited Advice Sounds Like
I dislike this attitude. The idea is to convince people that unsolicited (mental health) advice is pointless and the behavior change the author would like to see is for people to stop giving these clichéd wisdoms.<p>But that&#x27;s not a universal position. Personally I&#x27;ve benefited immensely from exactly this kind of unsolicited advice, especially at a younger age, and it really did help me.<p>What this kind of work suggests is an attitude of, &quot;My problems are so [explitive] huge that you can&#x27;t possibly understand so don&#x27;t even bother trying to help me&quot;. Well maybe you are the unlucky bastard with 6-sigma problems, but more than likely you&#x27;re actually an average person with average problems, and should be grateful for the average words of encouragement (because that&#x27;s really what these clichés are, they don&#x27;t actually care if you take up yoga, they just want you to know that they&#x27;re encouraging you) from your average friends and family.