Toxic Statements That Invalidate Depression

• “You are just being lazy. Just go outside, you’ll feel better.”

• “Your generation is full of snowflakes and only know how to whine.”

• “Stop being so negative! Stop sulking and snap out of it!”

• “What have you got to be depressed about?”

• “It’s just your hormones speaking.”

• “Some people have it worse than you, and they don’t seem depressed.”

• “You are feeling like this, because you don’t take your vitamins.”

• “It’s all in your head. You have got nothing to be depressed about!”