How to explain depression to people who don't believe it


How to explain depression

















Depression affects people of every age, economic situation, and race. In some point or the other in our life, we will get depressed.

In our previous article, we talked about why people get into depression so easily and how to overcome depression in life by proven ways. We have also discussed about finding those signs which leads to depression. So today we are gonna talk about how to explain depression to someone who doesn’t believe in it.

Ask them why they don’t believe

The best way to get started with these people is to straightaway ask them about what they know about depression (if at all they do) and why they don’t believe.

This would give you more answer to questions like do they think our happiness is just on our willpower and mental strength? Does depression happens only to weak people? Does depression means just getting upset about something? You will know all of it from their perspective.

We are formulating a plan of attack here, but before you do that, you need to know the opponent position. And this exercise will help you to do that.

Be Frank of your Struggle

The next step is to be open as much as possible and let them know how dark things have become for you in life. This could be the spark which can let them know about what’s happening and what this is all about.

Don’t leave any stone unturned, whatever you are feeling, explain it to them. Be frank and calm, and try to rehearse a bit before you go to not miss out on any important points.

Get ready for outrage questions

Questions like, “before sometime you were smiling” or “I saw you hanging with few of your friends last week” or “if you want not to be sad, you could”. These kinds of questions might throttle you down and you might feel negative about it.

There are lot more chances that there would be hell lot of questions like these. I would suggest to practice what all you could possible end up answering. This would give you some sort of boost and get you ready for the upcoming outrage.

It’s all in your hands

Everyone would tell you about this that being happy is all in your hands. If you want to be happy, you can be happy. You will possibly be told that you can get rid of stress if you want to. It is better to have a counter argument prepared on how hard you have already tried to combat it on your own (ofcourse only if you have) and you are unable to make it.

Because this is how depression works and there is no magic stick which can get you out in no time. Tell them all the things you wish to do - get out of bed, meet your friends, enjoy what you love doing with your loved ones. And you will find it helpful.

Have Scientific Research in hand

This is not applicable to everyone. However, if you think the other person is willing to listen to you then do get your stats ready and present to them. They would definitely pay attention to it and might start showing respect to your thoughts.

Let them know about recovery time

It is better to let them know about the fact that once you are into this state of mind, ithe recovery is gonna take a longer time than what everybody think.

Most people might think that family reunion couple of times, or friends get together will help you to come out of depressions easily. But for most people, it usually takes longer time that what everybody assumes.

P.S. Any other ways you could think of letting people knowing about depression? If so, do share with us.