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Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants? by inter_netuser on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @07:24PM (#30938713)
>Tone down expectations.

This sounds absolutely terrible. Something not to far from victim blaming.

Don't have a home? Learn how to be happy homeless! Husband gave you a black eye? Tone down your expectations!

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Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants? by brewtide on Thursday April 07, 2022 @05:20PM (#30950472)
"expectations are the thief of joy".
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Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants? by inter_netuser on Friday April 08, 2022 @02:50AM (#30954048)
misquote.

The correct quote is ”COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY.” – THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"Comparison is the thief of joy" - As quoted in Becoming a Great School (2013) by Cooper, Gustafson and Salah, p. ix"

Nothing wrong with expectations, ambitions, drive.

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