How to help and support a depressed friend, relative or partner
 

More things that DO NOT WORK when a loved one is depressed!

 

These things also do NOT usually work...

• Activities/company/conversation/work that is currently perceived as boring
• Being questioned, analysed or otherwise treated as a "problem to be solved"
• Being criticized or blamed
• Companions who are "moaning", whining or complaining
• Demanding people
• "Needy" people
• Wallowing in misery, hopelessness or despair
• Patronising people
• "Rescuers" who "know what is best" for you
• People who "talk down to you" (treat you as a child or a defective person)
• Arguments and rows that fail to "clear the air"
• Having judgements made about you
• Being reminded of past failures, inadequacy, weaknesses etc
• BEING "LECTURED TO" (what works for one person does not always work for another)

 

For other things that do not work! click here

Helping Someone who is Depressed: Index