Hmhmhm I think I'm beginning to understand something. That while in general, I consider talking openly about mental health a good thing, I dislike that it can often turn out very normative and restricting, because people generalize what worked for them and apply it to others without room for adjustment to different situations and stories. And that this can happen even when everyone is very well meaning, and in favour of self determination, and not who you'd think of when you think "normative".
I probably do that myself. I don't know how to solve it. Probably "accepting that people and their circumstances can be very different from yourself and your own circumstances" is the first step, but I don't think it's enough.
Sometimes there's also oversimplified ideas of brain chemistry that are used to justify a "this is the same for everyone" approach. Other times its decontextualised ~general psychological principles~. Idk idk.
No idea where I'm going with this, it's just something that clicked as "so THAT'S what I don't like about it" today.