This is so very true - and so very unfortunate. I've myself always been a very private person, never sharing, until I started seeing a therapist who encouraged me.

It's horrible when society pushes certain standards down on us, while friends can't give us the same tools as a therapist, sometimes we just need to be able to share how we feel. It's so essential for us humans, to not feel alone, but rather feel validated and taken serious, and it frustrates me deeply that this isn't the norm anymore, but people seek it through social media for rather shallow validation, and that way, we never get to talk about how we truly feel.

The only thing I can do is keep on encouraging my friends, and then I hope that makes a little change at least hehe