Good evening!
This is such an interesting subreddit and I wish I could respond to all of your posts but often I don't know how to reply to your posts/ am terrified of saying the wrong thing (because we are all so sensitive, myself included- I had a reddit once but I deleted it because I'd occasionally receive replies to posts/comments I made that upset me so much I felt the need to unplug from internet forums altogether)  Anyway .
Today I was talking with an acquaintance-a guy I used to hook up with but no longer do so.  He asked how I was doing, I explained that things were kind of rough.  Also- that's another thing- when anyone asks me "how's it going?" I find it really hard to respond because I don't want to be a downer/be negative and I also don't want to lie!  So when he inquired further, I began to explain that I was dealing with some depression (didn't go further than that), and that I sort of deal with these negative thoughts on a 24/7 basis.  He responded, "well, just stop.  get over it."  My first reaction was to get very angry and say something along the lines of, "well, you can't tell an addict to just stop and get over it...that's so insensitive!" but then I realized he just didn't understand what it's like to deal with this kind of disorder.  It's like, he's in a different universe and cannot comprehend my brain/habits and his advice was sincere, just misinformed.  I just let it go, even though I wanted so badly to throttle him and send him tons of articles and data on mental illness.  
There is a small part that believes him, that I should just "get over it/stop" but I also can't comprehend that.   Does anyone relate to this? Has anyone been told to "just get over it/just stop" and how have you reacted?  thanks for reading!