Do the “you have permission to (take a day off, eat a snack, be silly, be imperfect)” posts ever actually help anyone

Is there anyone for whom that statement of permission would mean anything

… as opposed to, say, real permission from someone who has actual control over your life, whose permission you acutely feel the lack of (e.g. employer, landlord, cop, government, abusive relative)

Is there actually anyone who was sad because they were looking for permission from… random tumblr?