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Foster Social Support
Numerous studies have shown that social support helps prevent and moderate the effects of depression. Since a big problem with depression is getting lost in the negative thoughts in your own mind, being around other people helps to refocus the mind on more important things, and can remind the person that they are so much more than their depression.
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Take Care Of Yourself
People with depression can be very challenging to be around, even for the most loving and well-intentioned person. Since these disorders hijack people’s thinking patterns, their ongoing negativity and pessimism can be hard to deal with. Progress can also be very slow for someone with depression. ...
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Depression: Saying "Be Positive" Doesn't Help
If you’ve never experienced clinical depression, it is hard to understand what it is like. Well-intentioned people will say things like, “just think positive,” or “just snap out of it.” Though they may not say it out loud, some people think a person with depression is just being lazy, or just try...
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Understanding Clinical Depression
- Depression is the second most common mental health issue (behind anxiety) and affects almost all human beings on the planet.
- Everyone has ups and downs, but clinical depression is debilitating, affecting the ability to do even the most simple daily tasks.
- Serious depression l...
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What You Can Do to Help
- Encourage them to seek professional help: Since depression makes people think things will never get better, they often don't bother to seek help.
- Help them get moving: The most important thing in the treatment of depression is "behavioural activation," which basically means to get mo...
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- Social support was a far greater predictor of happiness than any other factor, more than GPA, income, SAT scores, age, gender or race.
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Hindrance 5 - Skeptical Doubt
The last of the five hindrances is called “skeptical doubt,” and it's very closely related to a state of mind which is based on indecisiveness. It is very easy in that state of mind getting lost in thoughts. Can I do this? Is this the right path? What will the others say? “What if” this? ...
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