How to Seek Help For Depression When You are Shy

Depression hurts. Depression can kill. Depression is no laughing matter. Depression is a sickness, just like high blood pressure and diabetes are sicknesses. Seeking help for depression can often times be a challenging thing; for the shy person, this challenge can be magnified.

Things You'll Need

• Understanding
• Belief
• A Plan

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Instructions

• 1

  Understand that you are Injured - Being depressed, especially severely depressed, is tantamount to being severely injured physically. If you had a gaping cut or a broken leg you probably wouldn't think twice about seeking medical attention. Being severely depressed should warrant the same urgency; there's no blood or shattered bone, but severe depression is very real and very hurtful and damaging.

• 2

  Write Your Feelings Down - The point here is this: get your feelings, your hurts, your worries - get all of that out. If you find it too difficult at first to actually confide in someone, at the very least sit down and unload your feelings on paper. Whether you do this in a notebook, on a sheet of paper, or even on a blog or online document - get your feelings and hurts out!

• 3

  Pick a Go-To Person - There has got to be someone in your life that you feel would be a "safe" or at least "neutral" person to go to. Whether a teacher, a co-worker, a relative or a friend, try to think of and isolate a go-to person that you can possibly confide in.

• 4

  Make Contact - If you find it too difficult to actually verbalize and explain your situation, let your written account of your feelings and hurts do your talking. Give your go-to person the list that you created detailing your severe depression and hurts; or, at the very least, give them a brief sample of what you initially wrote down. You don't have to actually hand this to them. If you find it too difficult to actually give this to them face-to-face, leave it on their desk, under their door, in their mail box, or mail(or e-mail) it to them. The point is to get your situation known. Let them know how scared and unsure you are.

• 5

  Keeping Quiet is the Worst - The worst thing that you can possibly do is keep quiet about your depression. Keeping yourself and your emotions bottled up will only make things more hurtful and more damaging.