What To Say To Someone Who Suffers From Depression

How do you deal with depression in loved ones? Do you ignore the symptoms, hoping that a happy distraction will do the trick? What is the best thing to say to someone who suffers from depression? The following article answers these questions.

One thing all writing manuals say is SHOW don’t TELL. Words aren’t all that helpful to a person struggling with depression. Because let me speak from experience… almost everything she hears will somehow be twisted to sound like an insult. Every suggestion — St. John’s Wort? Organic apples? Yoga?–are going to come off as: You are doing something terribly wrong and this is all your fault.

— Bruce Lawson