[tayo42]

I dont think this works because we as a society never tried to tell people to hide their fear of airplanes. And its not necessarily true we would suddenly have more people scared of airplanes. The premise of the analogy isnt based on anything true, its just another feeling the writer has.

The focus for mental health isn't to have people diagnose them selves with some condition. I think its more like going to the gym, but for your self to feed good mentally. Its more like telling people "hey your fat and this isnt normal and making your life worse in objective ways" (which we probably should do but off topic lol) At least Americans pretend that emotions don't exist and if they do acknowledge it internally, definitely don't ask for help. The idea is feeling anxious or sad, or whatever is normal and you might need help getting through it. These shouldn't be bottled up and ignored until it becomes something that can't be corrected.