For patients with depression, the help of loved ones is very important. And the success in recovery will depend on how this help is provided. How to help the patient, and not aggravate the condition?
With depression, a person perceives the world and himself very painfully. A person with such an illness cannot be considered lazy. The patient simply can’t take care of themselves, behind the house, they can’t rejoice. In addition to all this, negative emotions are activated. The man in himself sees only the bad and the bad he sees through the microscope. Therefore, incorrectly selected words of relatives can worsen the condition.
Why not say
The following should never be said:
• "Some have more serious problems and do not get depressed." Comparison with the person who successfully overcomes difficulties only exacerbates the patient’s worthlessness.
• "I understand you, I also once had a depression and I managed." Typically, a person who says such words, depression refers to the usual temporary depression. Until the end, such an interlocutor does not understand that this is a disease, as well as its mechanisms of action.
• "You are too bogged down in your illness, distract." Man blames himself for everything. Such words can simply finish to the end.