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If You're Tired of Being Invalidated, Show People This Supportive Statement Graphic

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Sometimes the language we use can end up invaliding someone’s internal experience. What is invalidation? Invalidation is when you reject or dismiss someone’s feelings.

This can send a message that what the person is feeling is not acceptable. ⁣ ⁣ We may not mean to invalidate someone’s experiences but society does not always teach us how to validate someone when we are trying to support them.

We may use colloquial terms such as “don’t worry” or “don’t cry” because it is what we often hear in society. However, society often pressures us be happy and OK all the time.

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