Oooh! This dialogue is just... super authentic. Eating right, sleeping well, and exercising can be very... loaded phrases, and when you're depressed or having anxiety/perfectionist issues, taking care of yourself can be just another club to beat yourself with. Ellery's concern here is genuine and commendable but it's a definite pitfall in relationships between anxious/depressed and non-anxious/depressed people, to come to an understanding together about proper balance between accepting/reciprocating concern and not shutting oneself off while the other grapples how to express love and support without having it sound like "can't you just not be anxious/depressed?"
Me and My Muses is a Web comic of 1:6 scale ball-jointed dolls (BJDs), following a young queer woman, Ellery Langrock, and the various magical and sexy characters in her head. New episodes every Monday!