How to Help a Depressed Person

It is not difficult to help a depressed person but you need a lot of patience and dedication to really help a depressed person. Below are some tips of how to help a depressed person. Unfortunate most people are too busy to help those depressed persons themselves, that is why psychiatrists are there. Depressed people need to talk to someone a lot. A depressed person is not ready to spill out why they are depressed or what bad things happen to them. To get a depressed person to talk, you have to spend enough time with them to make them feel comfortable with you and trust you enough to pour their heart out for you. A depressed person is unpredictable and most of the time unreasonable so if you don't have a lot of time to spend with them, you should find someone who has.

How do I help someone who is depressed?

Depending on why they are depressed, different people need different kind of help. For example, if someone is depressed because they don't have money, maybe giving them some money will help them. Or, may be teaching them how to make money would help them. Or maybe just helping them out with babysitting would help them. Or maybe just by being a good friend and talk to them is enough to help them not to be depressed. There are many solutions to help someone who is depressed. But, which solution is the right one depends on why that person is depressed to begin with. However, it is important that you don't just tell a depressed person 'I'm there for you' but then you go watch TV or go out with friends leaving them at home or alone. Depressed persons rely on their feelings more than logic so if you offer help, then make sure that you go above and beyond to help them even though they flat out say no to your help. For depressed people, no does not mean no at all.

Online help for depressed persons

Instead of you spending time finding out why someone is depressed, you can enroll them on our volunteer based online help for depressed persons. First of all, writing is therapeutic, you can get the depressed person (or you can do it yourself) to write their story down and send us. Then one of our volunteers will email the email you provide with more questions to get to the bottom of why your friend or family member is depressed.

Knowing the causes of the depression will help us help him or her. The questions our volunteers will ask will be gentle and non pressured to make the depressed person feel unthreatened. By having someone to talk to (even by email or chat) and offer friendship will help the depressed person immensely. It's like going to a shrink online! Please note that all correspondence will be posted online anonymously for easy access.