Speech About Depression

Depression is often seen in completely different lights by those who have suffered from it and those that have no. If you're fortunate enough not to have encountered depression in your life, it can be difficult to help despite your best efforts. The comforting words lovingly provide are often ineffective due to the misunderstandings they contain.

If you really wish to help people with depression, you must develop a deeper understanding of the condition.This is the only way you can help guide your loved ones out of the darknesses. Avoid using these common comforting words which unknowingly cause more harm than good.

8 Sayings That Don't Actually Help People With Depression

1. "Just cry to make yourself feel better"

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2. "Don't just stay at home. Going out to have a good day can help you a lot"

If you really want to help people with depression, you must realize it takes a long time to treat. Going out and having a good day may provide tempory relief, but it is far from being a cure-all. Many people wrongly assume having a good day means they are cured, but that's not how it works.

Suffers of depression often begin to feel ok but can be thrown back to square one the next moment. It's an entirely frustrating experience.

3. "Focus more on what really happens instead of the thoughts woven by you"

Sadly, it's never quite as simple as this. Your biology is difficult, if not impossible to simply re-wire. Your core desires and ambitions may be pushing you one way but your brain chemistry seems to battle against you.

If you are depressed, your sense of what's really happening can be greatly distorted. Those negative thoughts woven by you will in actual fact be your reality.

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"Just get on with your daily routine and you'll start to feel better"

When you are depressed, even getting through the daily routine can be a slow, uneasy grind. Simply getting out of bed, preparing yourself for the day, eating or sleeping becomes arduous. Moreover, it's not something that is going dissolve depression by any means.

6. "You just need to snap out of it and you'll be fine"

This one can really feel like a kick in the teeth to all suffers from depression. It shows a distinct lack of understanding of their condition as if it is merely a choice they need to make. Unfortunately, their road to recovery is long and not without pitfalls.

Even with treatment, medication, exercise, sleep and a healthy diet, depression is not always simply gone for good.

7. "Go and have fun with your friends, you can talk to them about it"

Depression can put a tremendous strain on friendships, it's certainly not something suffers want to willing to introduce it into the relationship. As you can't bring yourself to face a situation, you find yourself cancelling plans and leaving them hanging. They don't always know how they can help you and rifts can grow between