Your Advice is Terrible

Odessa Denby
4 min readDec 15, 2023

Some terrible advice I’ve been given and some alternatives when you don’t have anything valuable to add to the discussion.

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When someone we know is having a problem, it’s natural to want to help them. It’s a sign that you’re kind and caring and want to be useful— these are all good traits, so why is so much advice met with irritation? Honestly, because a lot of it isn’t helpful.

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Odessa Denby

Professional writer and editor, former expat. Conscientious lifestyle and relationships, mental health, and the arts.