Who needs all those expensive drugs when you've got advice!

[pne]

Based on this thread in mock_the_stupid started by kevinpease (metaquotes'ed here).

Claimed problem	Advice
clinical depression	Just cheer up!
food allergies	Come on, just try some!
anorexia nervosa	You really need to eat more.
chronic fatigue	Hey, wake up!
insomnia	Just go to sleep.
addiction	Why don't you just quit?
panic attack	You really should calm down.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder	Stop being a worrywart.
dyslexia/dyscalculic/dysgraphic	Just try harder!
dyspraxia	Pay a bit more attention to what you're doing!
ADHD	Concentrate!
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	Get over it.[*]
phobias (in general)	Quit being afraid and just go do it.
migraines	It's all in your head.
multiple personalities	Line up all your personalities, pick one, and stick with it. Or: Quit showing off and pretending to be more than one person.

[*] Long version, "So you were molested/raped/abused/whatever when you were a kid. You're an adult now. Get over it."

Comments

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

Whenever I went to my father with emotional problems when I was growing up, he generally told me to suck it up. OK, not in those words. He basically seemed to find it incomprehensible that emotional issues would actually have an effect on my behavior.

I have to say, this did actually work out well for me, in that I had to learn to deal with my emotional problems on my own. I did have a pretty rough time between about the ages of 7 and 19, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

[util.livejournal.com]

This is great stuff. I have always had trouble finding the right words to help.

[marikochan.livejournal.com]

It's not a food allergy, but my mom hates chocolate, and no one ever believes her, so that quote sounded very familiar to me. She also gets "But it doesn't taste like chocolate!" (something I hope no one would try to use to convince someone with allergies) and people sneaking chocolate into her food.

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

Multiple personalities: Line up all your personalities, pick one, and stick with it.

o.O

Father always telling me not to get so involved with my friends. This is things like, when one of my best friends tried to kill himself after talking to me for three hours about all the guilt etc. And this was supposed to...not upset me?

[leora.livejournal.com]

Migraines: It's all in your head.

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Insomnia:    Just go to sleep.
Phobia, general:    Quit being afraid and just go do it.