How do you comfort a person with depression?

[Anonymous]

How do you comfort a person with depression?

[Friendlybro79]

Be yourself around them and don't try to make them not depressed. Just be a good person, don't bring attention to it, suggest fun stuff to do together.

[TonyMetal___86]

Speak to them, encourage them positively and be there for them!

[TonyMetal___86]

Thanks for the mho

[Hardon-Collider]

tell them that chasing a comfort zone makes someone a coward. ㅤ

[msc545]

That is an absolutely terrible piece of advice. God, do some reading, would you please?

[Hardon-Collider]

is reading that thing the democracks do in public schools? no thanks. I'll stay as poorly educated as i want.

[msc545]

I don't think any of us are going to doubt that you're poorly educated.

[Hardon-Collider]

@msc545 thanks. Trump loves the poorly educated. At least someone loves me.

Now with our onlyfans credentials out of the way: reread that section called "smiling depression". All this positivity does not help if the depressed person is equally as positive as you. If the environment was not positive enough, they wouldn't be positive either.

Let alone all the people who've undergone what no amount of positivity can erase.

If the environment is all about safe spaces, and it feels thrilling to transition to a super safe space, then people eventually want to find a space even safer than the super safe space. Start to seek ultimate stillness. Which goes on until death itself is seen as the next logical step.

People who lack meaning and inner goals can start off with trying not to be a coward.

[msc545]

Okay, I just read what you wrote three times and I will tell you. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. What exactly are you trying to say here?

[Hardon-Collider]

@msc545 that's I'm an anti-ice gaytriot and i support Ukraine.

[msc545]

You really are not even worth talking to. Bye-bye.

[Effably]

Depression is an illness like any other. How do you comfort someone with cancer or any other potentially life threatening condition?

A bit of respect. A bit of humour. Some care. Help if there's an opening for it. Sometimes it will be just as appreciated to not be the sick person as it will to get help with the sickness.

There is no universal advice here except, figure out who you are to them and what is uniquely you. And also, don't focus too mich on them being ill. Sympathy to excess does little good.

[aaron13547]

Listening. Lots and lots of listening, sometimes a little but of asking questions that get the listening started.

Depression comes from within. So solutions can only be found within one self. However we learn to understand what is inside of use through expression.

It is a Slippery slope - Depression comes from a problem a person has with themselves and they are looking for a solution outside of themselves...

[slatyb]

You can't fix it. They need professional help. What you can do is help them with the tasks they are unable to do for themselves.

[msc545]

Some people actually do need professional help. You are right about that. But it's often unavailable, or if it is available, it is unreasonably expensive.

[DishLady]

The best comfort you can provide is good counsel -- which typically involves guiding them to proper therapy sources. Depression isn't a game. It won't be resolved with a simple chat even from the dearest friend.

[WhitneySnow]

Get them therapy and reassure them that you’ll always be there for them

[Cute_User513]

And hug them lots and give them lots of compliments about how much you like them too

[WhitneySnow]

@Cute_User513 agreed

[queenofcardio]

Sometimes just being there can be supportive

[Nikki1989]

Offer specific, practical help. They don't want to hear clichés.

[itsannalee]

Their depression isn’t my responsibility, so nothing.

[Massageman]

Be there for them.

[On_cloud_wine]

Don’t give them advice

[On_cloud_wine]

Give them your time

[Iron_Man]

Yes, I have many times @MSC

[Iron_Man]

@msc545

[msc545]

? I'm sorry. Did you want me to comment on this or talk about it, or I'm not sure what the question is actually.

[msc545]

The question is, how do you comfort a person who has depression?
1. Listen carefully to them and encourage them to talk to you. In and of itself, this can be very therapeutic.
2. Encourage them to do very mild exercise. I frequently ask my patients if they are able to walk slowly about 15 minutes per day but every single day and continuously. Oddly enough, this has a very salutary effect on depression if they can follow your directions, and there's been a lot of research on this.
3. Antidepressant medications have sort of a checkered history of either working or not working or something in between. They often don't seem to be very effective, but if you give them to a person who believes in them, that actually sometimes has a placebo effect. It is really great, sometimes less often than not. Though I will warn you that these things tend not to work very well.

[Iron_Man]

We are both counselors and you can comment and you did

[msc545]

I understand. Thank you!

[Iron_Man]

@msc545 you’re welcome

[In_Trance]

They need to break the cycle