ask a person how they’re feeling instead of insisting they feel good?

Understand that you aren’t emotionally attached to the situation, lend a shoulder to lean on or cry on. Emotions go to and fro, it’s impossible to be positive all the time, anyone who claims they are is lying to themselves. Life is gets hard as f*** sometimes.

Haha, my response exactly. So don’t encourage looking on the positive side of things that happen in life? This sounds like something a depressed person needs to read to justify their depression and stay where they are in life. Also, when was the last time someone that cared about you “insisted” you see the positive? You got into a car accident, but you needed a new car anyway. I INSIST that you see if this way and agree with me. Get new friends.