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PSA for people with servere depression

Hi its kinda out of the norm for me to do this but this is for both myself, my friends, and others who have this.

When you have severe depression your mood and choices tend to change almost immediately. One moment you would want to go to an amusement park and the next you just want lie in bed and cry all day. I’ve noticed different people handle this differently. Servere depression is a form of mental illnesses, and needs to handled very carefully.

If you have this, you know what I mean when you feel like, you can be friends with everyone and the next feel like they all hate you.

If you see this, be kind with your words and don’t get annoyed by the sudden change in mood with this person. It can be difficult because it happenes more often than others. All you can do is check on them. And if you have Depression, find something to keep you distracted like a hobby or a pet.

Take a deep breath and and find a comfort in something small. such as the sky or petting an animal. Sense I work at a place with stuffed animals my way, is dressing them up or giving them a hug.

I’m gonna takel 3 different types of people who don’t know how to handle this and how they can learn

Stubborn/blunt people

These kinds of people who live or know others who have severe drepression, tend to have a habit of telling them to get over it or to stop being dramatic. unfortunately this makes it worse for the person with the illness.

If you know someone or you are that someone who gets annoyed with those who show a bit of weakness or sluggish behavior please. Take a moment and imagine the worst thing happening to you. like losing a job and thinking of every possibility to fix that but all lead to failure no matter what. how embarrassing and hard it can be to go through. Now imagine that happening to you everyday at random. This is how a person with severe depression feels.

If your stubborn and act like this to a person with this illness just hold your tounge, and allow yourself to imagine a time you had a hard time going through, and pretend that person is going through it. Handel it as if you where handling yourself but as a small child.

The next person is the motherly one.

The one who over looks this and assumes the worst. This is a hit and miss. It can be good to be concerned but not so overly concerned you drive that person to shut you out. We tend to worry we are bothing you to much and hate that we are making you feel this way. It’s good to ask if we are doing ok every now and then. But don’t treat us like a wounded animal. Treat like we have small but not serious cold. Be easy and if it seems to get worse then be more concerned. But give them the space and time to get the courage to talk to you, or to overcome it.

Signs that it’s Getting worse is, mood swings, over sleeping, not eating, less social, and bigger changes in personality.

last but not least the pushy one.

These people have good Intentions and mean no harm. But tend to push it a little to far. by making an assumption on why we are upset and how it can be fixed. This is not the case, we do appreciate it but if you assume and don’t give us the chanch to tell you or make us feel comfortable to tell you the REAL reason, we will end up going with your plan and nothing will be solved and its just a waste of time. Those people are usually impatient and think they are amazing at everything and are oblivious about how they are acting.

If your like this take a step back and slow down. People with depression are slow and shy . Back up and confort them and ask general but on point questions and statements such as “Are you ok?” “It’s hard I’m sorry to hear that.” “What was the last thing to made you happy?” “Remember that time ____ that was really funny.”

I know some have it worse than others and people who act like this towards people who have this illness and shut out people completely does not help the situation. Those who go mute or never give a clear answer means just give them space. let them know your here and throw comforting things at them every now and then. It’s like earning the trust of a stray animal. be gentle and patient.

last thing I wanna say. Don’t being up the time they where down too much if they are in a good mood and you talk about it. It will just start the cycle all over again. Just assure them that you care and that today is gonna be great. And how happy you are to see them in a good mood, You’d be surprised how such simple things said can make a serverly depressed person extremely happy.

I’m not sure if this is spot on, but this is how I feel about it.

And remember your loved and cared for if you think so or not. You always has someone to talk to or some animal. And your not alone on this insanely scary rollar coaster ride.

Originally posted by hafanforever

(sorry for bad grammar)