40 Times People Gave Simple Solutions To Complex Problems And “Cured” Them

YES! Why is being extroverted so vaunted?

"I'm having an asthma attack, it's hard to breathe" - "There is plenty of air in this room for you to breathe" - "Thanks, silly me, why didn't I think of it before?"

This advice is shitttttt

PREACH

All too accurate, yet a lot of people keep supporting and voting for the Greedy Old Perverts.

Essential oils. Ugh.

I’d never tell someone else to travel because I don’t know their situation, but I went travelling for a week at the New Year (thanks, Jacinda!) and it cleared my head so much that I’ve ended up making a lot of positive changes to my life this year. It’s one of those things where you have to be REALLY mindful of someone’s situation, but if you have the money, time and safety to do so, it can help.

Can't it be both?

I think this one is a joke about our society.

get more exercise stock market!

This one is clearly a joke.

Good boy!

That does sound like channel 5 though.

Or eating yoga and doing kale

This is a joke and as someone with panic attacks, I did snort a bit at this as I know what it would sound like.

Well if I have to choose one gimme the last guy...I want to hear about Sherry.

"man up"

My thing with ice cream. Is being lactose intolerant to certain things a bad sign 😅 I just tolerate it bc I like ice cream

Had me in the 1st 1/2, I’ll admit XD

8. Continue killing hundreds of thousands of regular people.

Tried looking it up online so now I know it's meaning in 20 languages, know how to spell it backwards in each of them, have made three paintings with a 'self control' theme and lost 4 hours of my time. Thanks

The "make new friends" bit is the cringy part. But in general, if you are depressed, you SHOULD talk to people - professional and medically qualified people who can get you the treatment you need. Unfortunately, this treatment costs money, which is why so many people default to "have you tried not being depressed" as a solution, because at least that won't land you in medical debt.

Gee thanks paypal

I feel this one. I had such bad anxiety after my daughter was born I couldn't eat sleep felt like a deer in headlights. She had some medical issues nothing serious but it caused her to not sleep for 17 hrs straight sometimes. It's a very lonely feeling too. No one would listen or they would say oh you're a new mom it gets better. Finally when she turned 10 I found a doctor and a therapist that listened and believed me.

Is that fire hydrant holding a lightsaber?

Well, technically, it Would get rid of negative emotions...

The footnote LMAO

This one might have been a joke.

Inspirational quotes? Oh, I have one! "In the end, it doesn't even matter"

It´s a vampire bacteria?

I hate the work "Okay" when dealing with an intimate who has depression. It's the best word I have that I know to use, but it's SO inadequate.

Yes, lets block ourselves up so that we can explode when the pressure reaches the right amount.

"I'm just preparing you for your future career. Do you think your boss will care if you already have 16 orders today when he gives you 16 more? "

My mother suddenly getting it: "I know - you're on your period!" Sure, mum, for the past three weeks. Aaaargh.

And this is why I haven’t told anyone except one of my sisters about my social anxiety IRL.

This has always been my favorite movie. Sadly this is pretty much spot on.

Ah, I am guilty of this with my ADHD daughter: "Please just focus - load up the dishwasher." The alternative is to say, "Please go take a pill." which sounds even worse.

Tell that to my knees…

I regret that I have but one face and two palms.

Jesus Christ.

Sadly that was most of my teachers in elementary school. I hope those trachers don't teach anymore.

I will book a slot in managed isolation, fly to this person’s country, slap them across the face and then enjoy a two-week staycation in one of New Zealand’s 4- or 5-star border quarantine facilities.

This f*****g enrages me, in part because countries like mine (and the numerous countries where it’s FREE!) are proof that the high tuition fees in the US aren’t universal.

The fact that they included the pet irks me even more than the rest of it. Pets don’t make stupid cartoons dismissing people’s depression.

finally

Try being cis... They probably did!!!

finally a use for senior photos

No, you're not 40% done. You are 85% done, and if you keep going, you'll be 100% done, AKA *dead*

Sounds like he failed in 2011. Such a lack of willpower, tut tut.

The Bible doesn't say Christians can not struggle in life. Read the Psalms. There are a lot of them in which the writer cries out to God for something happening to them. And Elijah actually asked God to kill him, out of desperation because of his circumstances. God didn't kill him btw. But anyone who tells you to be happy because God loves you, should read their Bible a bit better

Too true, men are bad at seeking help cause they think they need to man up and handle it themselves/ignore it etc. So many of them can't and end up killing themselves instead.

Hardly a secret.

Oh my God lmao😂

But it IS true that spending all day scrolling through the bullshit fakery on Instagram will leave you feeling depressed. The solution is to cut Instagram out of your life.

Someone never heard of post partum depression

Condescension is a choice. Ignorance is a choice.

NO NO NO. People with chronic physical illnesses, physical disabilities, etc absolutely do get treated like this. Don’t throw them under the bus.

Well, they're not wrong

Okay so we all know that pussy is slang for vagina. We also know that vaginas squeeze whole babies out of them and still retain their shape. Ballsacks on the other hand cause their owners crippling pain if they are squeezed even a little bit too hard. So tell me, exactly why is being a pussy and insult and having balls a compliment?

I am now suicidal (that’s what the rest of it should say (if it is not supposed to have it there I’m sorry I just didn’t get the joke))

It amazes me that even otherwise intelligent people believe that mental health issues come out of the ether, as if the brain isn't actually a bodily organ that can suffer dysfunction. How well do you think your computer would work if the motherboard crapped out?

It's number 2 in the book "100 ways to get yourself killed"

To go to sleep, first you need to lie in bed and pretend to sleep.

Not much can be done about tinnitus yet. Maybe some treatment will come along. I have it too so I hope so! In the meantime, unfortunately, ignoring it may be the only thing we can do.

self deprecating jokes may be fun for the person making them but its a drain on everyone else. its like taking your cringe and forcing it down others throats