Ever since the pandemmy terms like ‘burnout’, ‘self-care’, ‘boundaries’ and a host of other mental health terms have come to the forefront. Don’t get my wrong I only just entered into my professional mental health era a few years ago, but WOW do people love to throw these terms around.

It can be dangerous when people who don’t have the initials LMSW, MSW, LSW, PsyD, Phd or a host of other combinations after their names begin to through some of these terms around in everyday conversation.

What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger, you just have to get through this and everything will be okay

Look on the bright side! – this will build so much resilience

Stay strong, things could be worse

Just put one foot in front of the other

These words are not helpful. They don’t make people feel better. They don’t encourage anyone. They are just canned responses to hard times when people don’t know what to say, and yes they are not said with mal intent but they also don’t help.

What are some of the most unhelpful phrases or words of encouragement you’ve heard?

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