[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoMy mom says that people who don't have "value" don't deserve to live and that "depression" is just an excuse for laziness. What's is your rebuttal for it?message-squaremessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1283arrow-down1message-squareMy mom says that people who don't have "value" don't deserve to live and that "depression" is just an excuse for laziness. What's is your rebuttal for it?[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square227fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI would read up on Albert Ellis’ , concept of Acceptance, both for your own schema, and for dealing with your mother. Undertanding and working on your acceptances can be life changing. BTW, Ellis is a hugely influential psychologist, one of the founders of behavioral cognitive therapies, so no new age pop psychology here.
I would read up on Albert Ellis’ , concept of Acceptance, both for your own schema, and for dealing with your mother.
Undertanding and working on your acceptances can be life changing.
BTW, Ellis is a hugely influential psychologist, one of the founders of behavioral cognitive therapies, so no new age pop psychology here.