list of commands i am pretty sure have never worked:
- calm down
- stop overthinking this
- stop being so upset
- ugh just be a different better person immediately right now
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whoa. what is your secret
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it usually feels like a boundary violation to me. i don’t think people get to tell me (or anyone else) how to feel. i agree that i could decide to parse it differently though - as more like “i don’t know what to do with how emotional you’re being about this”
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My take on this is that people get angry about "calm down" because it states that you don't think their level of anger is justified.
It is not "idk how to handle this", it is "you're wrong". And the one who says that is usually right - that makes it worse.
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