[ SECRET POST #3118 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3118 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Of course not. But nor would I say "you'll be fine" without knowing the specifics of their disease given I know that people with the condition can either recover or deteriorate.

And if things did get worse, I certainly wouldn't say that the only possible explanation was that it's their own fault.

(For the record, I don't think the "No, it gets worse"-comment in this thread was especially helpful, but I'm not a fan of a blanket "it gets better"-proclamation either, because that is not everyone's experience.)

[(Anonymous)]

Attitude can be a really important part of recovery, though -- with illness, and doubly so with mental illness. It's been clinically proven that having a belief that you really will recover can help treatments work better, while thinking things will never improve can be a huge hindrance to recovery.

So even if it's not literally true that every single person recovers from a condition, I see absolutely nothing wrong with giving them positive encouragement and statements of faith in their recovery. Getting pedantic and telling an ill person, 'well, there's every chance you won't get better, so don't get your hopes up,' is not good bedside manner.

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Getting pedantic and telling an ill person, 'well, there's every chance you won't get better, so don't get your hopes up,' is not good bedside manner.

Yes, as bad if someone says they're still struggling with their disease and you say it must be because they've "give[n] up and never bother[ed] to get help."

My preferred choice of phrasing is "it can get better" over "it gets better". But neither one should be used to silence or dismiss people for whom it has not got better.