"Right message, wrong delivery. Wanting someone to be happy is essentially a kind intention, but oftentimes people involuntarily find themselves policing the counterpart's emotions.

I feel like people tend to avoid opening up about their state of mind because they think something is wrong with them for feeling a certain way. One often hears that they should stop being so negative, that they cannot feel down on certain occasions or that their sadness ruins the mood of the other person. And while all of these sentences may be well intentioned, the outcome will be the complete opposite of what the speaker was aiming for."