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Whats the best way of supporting someone who suffers from depression? |
I am supporting someone who sufferes from drepression. He really finds it difficult to forget his past. He has major problems with his back so cannot go out to work at the moment which means he has a lot of time on his hands to sit and think. He is not too bad when i am at home with him but i work full time so i can not be there all the time. He has lost his confidence and he is not sure how to be. Please help me find the most effective way of being able to support him. We started off as friends but it has gradually progressed into something more, but i dont know where to go from here. Just continue being a great support to him- it is refreshing to hear that your friendship has developed despite depression. Continue to encourage him to keep his mind occupied - books, tv etc etc - go to the park just spend quality time together. He already knows that you care - he is a lucky guy! Best of luck xxx Source(s): Depression sufferer for 15 years bring him to a comedy movie, a walk in the park, or to a concert. always tell him jokes. tell his other friends to always smile when around him, he may feel that he is in a lonely world when people around him are sad. tell him jokes, although its not funny, he commends the effort. make him appreciate life and make him remember that he is loved and cared for by his family&friends. Be there for him. Don't tell him he has to pull himself together as if he could he would. Encourage him to get out and about and to take up something to occupy his mind as thinking is hell when you're depressed. Try not to be dismissive of anything he tells you is bothering him as molehills really do become mountains when you're ill. If he hasn't already accepted he has a problem try gently to make him realise this as it's the first step to recovery. In short be patient. Best of luck been there done that took the prozac let him talk when he wants, try and get him doing stuff, dont let him just sit in the house all day. Other then that just be there i know it sounds lame but it is a very much idividual journey which you cant really help that much with, med's can help in some cases, tell him to keep a diary helps vent feelings. Good luck your a good bloke for giving a sh*t I am a student social worker working in mental health Try looking up CBT and Depression google it. Should give some practical activity based stuff you could do with him/ get him to try. It's obviously an issue that he cannot go out but is there anything he enjoys which he is still able to do? If so our team psychologist would reccommend he lists them and ranks them in terms of their achievement/ pleasure (0-10) and to try filling his time with some of these tasks/ activities - she would say at least 1 a day - thinking of them like psychological pills to help the dperession though you can take as many as you like as often as you like!! Overdose!! Also in terms of his negative thoughts try getting him to put his thoughts on trial. Look at depression as a court case where you are only hearing the prosecution. Take each negative thought/ statement at a time and look at the evidence that supports it/ disputes it and in summary come up with a balanced view . . . Just a few things to start with good luck, It's tough I know, but you are doing a great job. |
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