Depression: 10 Ways to Help Someone You Love
As someone who has personally struggled with depression and tried to minister to loved ones in the thick of it, I have experienced how difficult it can be to know what to do or what will help. It can be easy to throw up your hands in defeat. But before you do, know that there is hope. Here are ten things you can do when someone you care about is depressed: 1) Be patient It’s easy to see the depressed person lying in bed again, or walking around in that familiar dark storm cloud and think “Here we go again!” Although the depressed person may have withdrawn inwardly, what they don’t need is people to give up on them. In these situations, we need to model our Savior, who was steadfast and longsuffering, and follow the instructions of the apostle Paul who said we must walk in patience, bearing with one another in love, and bear each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2; Ephesians 4:2). 2) Don’t say, “Stop having a pity party” (even if they mi...