How to Get Help for Someone With Depression

Depression is a feeling of sadness in response to the negative things life can throw at you such as frustration, disappointment, loss or a medical illness. These feelings towards bad things are normal and can easily be treated. Depression can affect anybody regardless of age, religion or sex.

Instructions

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  Discuss the subject carefully with someone you know who has depression and make it a point to attentively listen. Do not directly insist on therapy or medications. Instead, try to find out what is going on by showing her that you have the time to listen. This will make her comfortable and possibly move her to agree to medical treatment.

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  Suggesthe start a yoga or exercise program, and try to participate with him when exercising. Exercise causes chemical reactions in the body that directly affect mood and improve symptoms of depression.

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  Take your loved one outside. People who are depressed tend to sleep excessively and stay inside the house more often. This can make their depression worse since they will feel alone. Taking someone with depression to a movie, shopping or theme park will remove the feelings of sadness and loneliness. The more people accompanying her, the less isolated she will feel.

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  Give her gifts and do small favors. Ask people who she knows to do the same thing. Little things go a long way for someone who is feeling depressed. Don't be afraid to ask her if there is something she would like to have. If you can afford what she wants, buy it.

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  Go to a mental health center and speak to a specialist about depression. If you are close to the person with depression you can ask him to accompany you, but it is possible that he will deny that he has the condition, so they might not go with you. This is why it is important for you to get the needed information from a specialist so you can help your loved one. Once you get the information, teach everyone who is a close associate to the person with depression about what to do to help.