Dealing with Major Depression (As Friend or Interlocutor of the Patient)

In previous post we already talk about how to deal with major depression if we're the patient. Now, I want to discuss about how to deal with whoever suffer from major depression as a friend or interlocutor of the patient. We live in a social environment where we do not know with who we will interact with. When we begin to interact with someone , we can not immediately tell whether the person is suffering from major depression or not. But, it's different matter if we can use mind reading and read the mind of anyone in front you  :D Asumming we can't reading mind, what we must do if we encounter and interact with the sufferer?

Recognize signs of major depression

When talking to a someone and he began to open up , be aware of signs of major depression in him . Maybe he talk when he was having trouble sleeping , or he was not excited when socializing and or maybe he had thoughts of suicide . Remember ! To deal with it , first we need to know whether the person we are talking to actually suffering from major depression or not.

Be a Good Listener

Be a good listener , do not need to think too deeply about the answers to every story. Just focus to every story and do not ignore it . Depressed patients have sensitive feeling and can think that we actually ignore him.

Don't Underestimate every story!

This is very important ! Try to always believe every story he told the story though strange . Any criticism is forbidden for people suffering from mental health problems . Because of the criticism will make people lose trust in us and he will feel belittled and demeaned .

Give him thought to meet a therapist

Seeing a therapist is a very necessary thing for a patient with depression . Tell him that the therapist can help to solve the problem .

Always Good to New People 

Be good to everyone will help us to get closer to him . Because we do not know the life of every person , so be good to everyone.

If you have another thought, we can discuss it and

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Dealing with Major Depression (As the patient)

a professor said that major depression can be cured even without the use of prescribed medications as directed. How can we do it? It can be done by make a new lifestyle that can boost our mood and avoid any aspect that can deal much stress in our life. So, minimizing stress is the best way to do it. How can we do it?

1. Talk with a  therapist

Talking with a therapist is very important , because a teraphist can give advice on how we can organize our lives and reduce the level of stress that occurs . In addition it can help us to improve our self-esteem.

2. Improve our self image

Increase our self image is important to boost our mood . Try to smile at ourselves in the mirror and focus on the good things will help to boost our self image . And then, we can conduct activities that can improve our self-esteem such as fitness and healthy diet .

3. Follow your schedule

Sometimes , a person with depression feel themselves less motivated to do something . The way to handle it is to make a schedule and follow the schedule that we created. Make a schedule where you can enjoy it to the fullest (but don't forget about your duty). In this way , we can begin to forget about the depression that we have.

4. Stay involved

Away from social life is one of the symptoms of depression . The way to cope it is not to stay away ! Social life is very important and we can not deny that people is a social creature . Away from social life will only make us tend to spin in the current depression, therefore look for fun activities such as watching a movie or walking the street with a friend , so it will improve our mood.

5. Express yourselft through writing

Writing is a good way to manage depression . Having a diary would be very good to help us let go of any thoughts and feelings that we have. To that end , be honest in writing this book and feel the difference between before and after writing.

6. Believe

And the last, we must believe that everything will go well.

Thank you for reading :)