It isn't like a rationally thinking person just having a bout of sadness and deciding with full awareness to inconvenience people and put on a show. That's a massive misconception to have, but is one probably many would make, just out of a lack of understanding behind the situation and inability to relate from their own experience.
But should we jump to denigrating those people for that misconception (because on the surface it comes off insensitive)? I think educating them would be infinitely more valuable.
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