I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s particular to the tech crowd, and I think it&#x27;s a stumbling block even for psychiatry.<p>The problem is that psychiatry as practiced is an attempt to <i>solve</i> people, and people can&#x27;t be solved; or if they can, it is unique (as you say) to the individual.<p>And really you&#x27;re no different: you&#x27;re giving out advice to people on how to manage their mental health.  Your advice is harmless from a societal perspective in that it&#x27;s literally what psychiatrists want you to be saying.<p>That doesn&#x27;t mean you&#x27;re not one of the misinformed internet commenters.  It&#x27;s not universally applicable.  Most people don&#x27;t have the time and money to shop around, even if the actual problems of their mental state allow them to seek help.<p>You can&#x27;t come up with the words that are going to make people better.  Nor should you be expected to!<p>Recognizing that psychiatrists are the ones we pay to be expected to act to make people better and they are themselves human and subject to human failures: this, I think, is why criticism of psychiatry emerges in topics like these.<p>I&#x27;m not disagreeing with your general advice, just criticizing your smugness and certainty in your opening lines.  You&#x27;re not better at this than we are just because you&#x27;re giving the generic safe advice.