I have shared about the importance of validating someone’s story when it comes to abuse or mental health, but I saw something later that made me want to write more about the little ways we invalidate someone’s experience.
It all started with this story, where Heidi shares what is probably not an uncommon scenario: What we see here is a young woman in distress because of a mental health condition and having the doctor, and others, ask questions that appear to be very dismissive.
Tying a major depressive episode to being sad about a breakup. Because you know, young women get all “in their feels” when they have a breakup, so it’s probably nothing more than that.
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