are they wrong for saying this?

Question

when you have severe social anxiety from emotional abuse and someone makes a jab at you by saying people who "complain" about their anxiety should get over themselves

Answer

Im a former therapist and also have suffered from anxiety off and on for many years. Anxiety is very real and very challenging just as much as any mental illness. I will say however that a lot of people do get stuck in their situations, vent/complain about it very frequently, yet wont make steps to change it. That can be very frustrating to the person hearing the venting and will exhaust them. I dont know if thats the situation with this person, and even if it is I definitely dont agree with how this person insensitively conveyed that, but may be an explanation. It can also be hard for people who have never experienced mental illness to understand it, for example they think depression is the same as when theyve gone through a period of being down in the dumps, or think anxiety is the same as when they worry sometimes, where as you know thats not the case.

are they wrong for saying this?

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