@elafina That's true. Even [i]I[/i] don't like condescending, uninformed lectures. But the suggestions I was making just seemed like the obvious next steps. Maybe I didn't strike the right balance.

@elafina I am in the boat of, I want someone to listen, but I don't get aggressive when given advice. It's more like, I know there is advice out there that can help, so when someone says something that doesn't make sense to me, like I wouldn't think the advice given would be given normally, then I start getting upset because I'm looking for something that will help me in that specific moment.

As an example, I'm on SW and I say, hey everyone, not feeling great, am depressed, sad, lonely, etc. and someone doesn't give advice for how I am feeling at that specific moment, that's when I get frustrated because I know there's more to it than what that person just said. They gave advice they thought would be helpful, but not advice that really could be helpful right then and there.

@Mamapolo2016 Fortunately, I don't think that was the goal in this case, nor the others that come to mind. It just seems like a lashing out, maybe from bipolar.

@bijouxbroussard Right, damned if you do, damned if you don't [i]just right[/i]