Isle Listen says not validating someone's feelings can be damaging
Denying someone's feelings of mental ill-health can have a detrimental impact and prevent that person seeking help.
That's from Manx mental health charity Isle Listen - it comes after the Duchess of Sussex discussed her own experiences in a recent interview.
TV presenter Piers Morgan came in for criticism after stating he didn't believe Meghan Markle had suicidal feelings.
Child and adolescent psychotherapist Lynsey Christian says dismissing a person's feelings can be damaging:

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