I am so happy that this article was tagged under mental health. It probably could have been tagged under advice, as well.

When someone changes their behavior because of an outsider’s opinion, when it is impossible to know what someone else is going through, it is nothing short of a tragedy. I am not immune to those feelings, but I have recently made a conscious effort to not care about ill-advised opinions of me, and it has drastically approved my mental health. Thank you for articulating support for that idea.