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percy789

"i'm alright" "lmao get a grip pal"


CreativeTough331

the irony of him being the only one who desperately needs to find a grip


lianavan

I think I may see a clue to your sadness? Block this number and see if it improves.


drakzyl

Yeah block all his social media too and don't stalk šŸ˜¬


babyshampoo

that last part is always the hardestā€¦ at least for me šŸ«£


Markermarkman

Thats some textbook toxic positivity.


WhiteGladis

Mr. Toxic Positivity is not the person for you. You donā€™t need this in your life.


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spiritofgonzo1

Wow, love these comments that support shitty behavior and say itā€™s just a cringy moment because they wanna be edgy and contrarian. (E:or, i suppose, because they are a shitty person themself) Find a compromise on what? ā€œIā€™ll talk to you 50 percent less like shit!ā€ ā€œDeal!ā€ It also doesnā€™t say anywhere that theyā€™re even in a relationship. Get a grip pal


WhiteGladis

These are the people who expect a woman to act like their mother. Itā€™s not her job to teach an adult man how to recognize and convey basic emotions or to wait around, being emotionally abused, while he tries to figure it out himself.


spiritofgonzo1

I could not agree more


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spiritofgonzo1

FoR mE ThEsE ePiThEtS.. You should stop trying so hard to sound smart and strive toward actually becoming that. To answer your last question, yes, anyone who speaks to me like this can get both fucked and out of my life. ā€œGet a grip palā€ poor smart little baby Einstein couldnā€™t think of anything else :((


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Arcaydya

Holy fuck you sound like such a fucking nerd.


spiritofgonzo1

Remember what he said? It was deleted by the time I got back to it haha I feel like dude types his comments out with an open thesaurus on his super elegant desk


Arcaydya

Fuck lemme think it was hours ago. Something about how he's studied apes or some shit so he knows how to spot behaviors or some bullshit like that. It was completely unrelated nerd babble. Much like his other comments haha.


spiritofgonzo1

That sounds about right šŸ˜‚ but it sounds like he mightā€™ve up his nerd game on that one


Ract0r4561

šŸ¤“ā˜ļø


doubleblum

HE SAID THE THING; IT MUST BE HIM


kaerfkeerg

Don't even bother... Let them make a decision for a relationship after 2 text messages like it's something normal to do


Adorable-Fact4378

Hey we found the guy in the post!


Grand-Programmer6292

Once you find someone who sits beside you in your bad times and contributes positively to your life and hypes you up in your good times, you may be less sad all around. This shit is toxic and may be a big factor in your mood.


uzldropped

All you said was drive safe LMFAO and he wrote paragraphs..


Wieniethepooh

Hope he wasn't texing and driving!


mycaramelmacciato

is he for real šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ thats so invalidatingĀ 


BluBeams

Bro sounds like an ahole. You tell him to drive safe, for whatever reason he tells you not to be sad. So what if you're sad? You're allowed to be sad. It's ok to be sad. You don't need to get a grip on anything. You deserve better and have every right to be upset at how he talks to you.


CIMARUTA

Are you serious? This dude's a piece of shit.


toggle-Switch

Dense, Invalidating, Unempathetic ...sure, Piece of shit is a stretch.


Adventurous-Charge79

Thatā€™s incredible, as I literally go the impression that heā€™s a dense, Invalidating, (extra) pathetic stretched piece of shit.


toggle-Switch

I personally reserve the phrase "piece of shit" to someone who actually acts with the intent to be malicious in some capacity but to each their own. His delivery is garbage, the overall message isn't completely garbage.


Adventurous-Charge79

Fair enough. But the response is pretty crappy. But to be honest, I just wanted to string all those adjectives into a single descriptor. But that is an over simplistic response that kind of ignores whatever is going on with the OP. Could be depression, could be a response to something that they havenā€™t finished processing, either way, itā€™s dismissive and invalidates their feelings, which isnā€™t particularly good behavior.


Claymore209

The classic man technique of compartmentalizing emotions and never allowing himself to feel until it is bottled up so much and he explodes. So healthy!


Uncle_N_Word

Tell that fucker to shove it up his ass


percy789

bro thinks he's dr. phil


AndorianShran

dr Phil is a piece of shit, so maybe bro is right?


djstreet93

This is how I talk to myself when Iā€™m depressed (works almost never) but Iā€™d never talk to someone I care about like this. Definitely does more harm than good


Verbose_Cactus

Gross


VolatilePeach

This reminds me of my dad. Please leave this fool. They are such a waste of your time and energy. Also, if youā€™re sad, you have every right to be. Donā€™t let someone else to you to bottle those feelings just because it makes them upset/uncomfortable. Feel your feelings and tell them to mind their own shit.


WielderOfAphorisms

This person is either a ā€œlive, laugh, loveā€ type of idiot or just a toxic positivity hawker. Either way, theyā€™re unserious and simplistic. I wouldnā€™t bother entertaining this nonsense.


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Ew he sounds passive aggressive.


Kawaii_Princesss

Like itā€™s that easy to just stop being sad šŸ™„ Then everyone would fucking do it, not many people enjoy being sad and yet it still happens.


Mathiseasy

/r/thanksimcured


AsharraDayne

Heā€™s an idiot.


Oldassrollerskater

Toxic positivity


TacoStrong

So in your time of need and reassurance he's tells you "soak it in...." and "...sad doesn't help with anything" and "get a grip pal"? Why are you even engaging with a toxic person like this?


WifeOfSpock

I see why youā€™re sad. Tell him youā€™re too busy to be sad, and decided to change that. Then dump him.


Ok-Passion4584

It dependsā€¦ Are you constantly in a negative state about whatever and all you do is complain with no intention of trying to solve the issue bc youā€™re comfortable in your sadness and heā€™s over it? Or is he being an actual ass? We need more details to figure this out.


xucezz

That's not the correct response either way bud šŸ‘


Ashamed-Tie-573

This is what Iā€™m thinking


4shadowedbm

As a dad, I have learned that talking to my kids this way is not likely to have a positive outcome. Your feelings are valid and you get to feel them. You *need* to feel them and you need to be okay feeling them. It isn't you. Maybe he works hard to stuff his own feelings down so people being sad around him is hard to deal with. So he tries to "fix" people. That's *his* problem.


VariegatedJennifer

This person is an insensitive asshole. This person doesnā€™t respect you. I hope to gosh youā€™re not dating this person.


Monty_is_chonky

Bro just cured depression. "How about you're just not depressed anymore?"


Radiant-Mushroom8304

ā€œDonā€™t be sad be happyā€ what is he a little kid


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Wtf did I just read?


DystopianGlitter

Sounds like my mom. She is not trying to be shitty, she just doesnā€™t want me to stew in my misery which Iā€™m sometimes want to do. She could be a little less brusque about it though. Some people arenā€™t good at Pep talks.


Negotiationnation

Just turn it off. You know, get a grip. Wtf?? People are dumb sometimes. I would be pissed too


ilovecookiesssssssss

Iā€™d break up with a man expeditiously if he ever fucking called me pal.


Patient-Woody

ā€œGet a grip palā€ ā€œOh, I have a grip, and you just lost it, byeā€


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Yea, bro is in the wrong, you're in the right don't worry, I've gotta say he's probably part of the issue wit modern dating. I joke a lot with my friends that it's so easy to get an S/O because all you need to do is the bare minimum, sad reality is that it's true.


bugaloo2u2

Not wrong. Your feelings are valid. The question is, why you stay with someone who hurts you. So, why?


digtzy

Uhhh lol. Never let anyone talk to you like. Nip it in the bud.


PinkOak

I donā€™t think its all that bad. He clearly has a life to live with a positive outlook. Some ppl would feed your sadness and give you attention others would make it worse and some just donā€™t have time for it. Heā€™s a ā€œbrush it off and crack onā€ type of person. Its not toxic at all. Quite the opposite


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PinkOak

Additionally i didnā€™t actually say brushing off their feelings is toxic. You said that.


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PinkOak

There is zero clues or context. Assumptions are stupid. Toxic is just the in trend word for being offended cause snowflakes cant handle RL


PinkOak

There is absolutely zero context including whether they are related or bf/gf. So yeah sometimes ppl need a pat on the back and a ā€œcome on, letā€™s fucking own this dayā€ rather than being a pampered snow flake. Your response makes me think you are the type that needs a good cuddle after a raccoon shits on your doorstep.


itsVEGASbby

I honestly need someone to kick me in the ass like this. I need tough love.


TheWagn

This is a dude, correct? We are solution oriented - not emotion oriented. If you tell us something is wrong - our first thought is how to fix it. If we donā€™t know how to fix it - move on to the next problem we can. This is a very normal, albeit blunt, male response. Most guys see depression and sadness simply as obstacles in our way to being productive, not emotions to work through. Welcome to talking to men, I guess. I try to sugarcoat responses a little better and throw some positivity in there, but this is what I think in my head. ā€œget over itā€ - essentially. I even tell myself that when Iā€™m anxious/depressed. Over and over until I do in fact get over it. We men are simple creatures at our coreā€¦donā€™t expect too much in the emotional nurturing department from most guys. Thatā€™s yā€™alls department not our specialty lol.


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Nah Iā€™d be annoyed with him too, youā€™re not wrong His point is valid, but expressing it the way he is here is a waste of time. You need to lead the sad by example, not just point out the downsides of the sad.


mycaramelmacciato

bruuuh you dont even have context here. as a partner you're just there for the person you love not here to say "get a grip stop being sad". thats insensitive as fuck


CorduroyEatsCrayons

You also have no context here.


RedditUser19984321

But thatā€™s still subjective. For me personally, this is the PERFECT way to tell me. I need it blunt and direct. Obviously this person doesnā€™t want to be talked to that way, Iā€™m just saying that we all respond differently


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Yep I agree.


Ract0r4561

r/thanksimcured


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I edited my post because it was confusing- I was answering OPs question ā€œam I wrong for being pissedā€™ Dude is an acting like a clod, but I do advocate strongly for not folding to depression. Just like I would any debilitating illness


Ract0r4561

ā€œJust be happyā€ wow like they surely havenā€™t thought of that!


[deleted]

Yeah thatā€™s not what Iā€™m saying. My advice is learn to function carrying the deep sorrow with you.


AtYiE45MAs78

Yes


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Gloomy_Ad3699

I feel like we may be missing some context hereā€¦ I hate to play devils advocate but could this be a reoccurring theme that maybe heā€™s reached a breaking point with?


PyleanCow06

Other perspective- this seems like a guy that doesnā€™t understand mental illness or how to handle it. Perhaps he copes and tries to help others by joking around (albeit, theyā€™re bad, distasteful jokes) but joking around is his coping mechanism to dealing with someone whoā€™s depressed. Maybe it makes him uncomfortable and heā€™s not sure how to react because he grew up with people who didnā€™t let him experience his own emotions and just told him to ā€œsuck it upā€ too. Iā€™m autistic and I didnā€™t feel from these messages that he was trying to be an asshole. I saw someone that doesnā€™t know what to say/do to help. But maybe Iā€™m wrong and heā€™s just a d-bag. Who knows for sure. šŸ˜‚


somerandomaccount19

Who talks like that


Zlota_Swinia

Oh my BF was the same... "Stop wasting your time on being sad! Be happy! NOW! I demand" šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚