How to help a person suffering from Depression?
By chiyochan
@chiyosan (30184)
Philippines
August 12, 2018 8:34pm CST
How do we detect and confirm if a friend, a relative or a family member is suffering from depression? I think a lot of people still do not understand this well. and all we could do is just think, and try to put the puzzle pieces together when we feel a friend is probably in this depressed situation.
I honestly cannot tell unless there is a very obvious sign that any of the people near me is in such a state. But I want to be able to tell - I want to be able to let them know that they are not alone. But I think If i initiate, I might just be putting salt on an open wound and instead hurt them more than help them because I do not know how to give the help they need. I am clueless.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
13 Aug 18
Thank you rakski, that's true often we are just surprised by people's decision caused by their depression. I do not know If sometimes i might be intruding so i do not want to do that too, unless they are open about it or talks about it. I just make sure they feel they are not alone. but to those that are not very showy or open of their feelings.. i guess it might be really hard to tell if they are mostly silent about what they are feeling...
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
@rakski i guess we all have to be vigilant, to be cautious of their actions and words as they might be crying for help silently already. Its just that often times we are busy and unable to give another person another glance and we just go on about our lives daily trying to survive ourselves.
@tech40 (23128)
• Philippines
13 Aug 18
It depends on the person itself, there are people who are open to telling to someone about their problem, and others just keeping it.
There are people that if you're going to ask if they have a problem, they're willing to share it to you, but some you need to know their action to know if they're depressed or not. There are people changed if they're depressed, let me put myself as an example, if I'm not depressed I'm usually laughing and smiling, but if I'm depressed I rather am quiet and alone
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
Hi MrSleepy, I guess that's the best way to know is to be attentive and to know if there are changes. Sometimes it just needs to take us a few moment and assess if our friend may be in trouble, in some depressed state.Thank you so much for sharing. =)
