{"id":12702,"date":"2017-03-20T19:06:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=12702"},"modified":"2017-09-22T19:13:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:43:51","slug":"5-kinds-of-people-you-dont-want-to-be-around-when-youre-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/5-kinds-of-people-you-dont-want-to-be-around-when-youre-depressed.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Kinds Of People To Avoid When You’re Depressed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The depressed need empathy and understanding. Not your advice. If they want it, they will ask you, and even then, the best advice you can give is to speak to a professional.<\/a> A referral might be useful, but that\u2019s about it. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is true that a friends and family support system will help you come out of depression. But a combination of stigma and a lack of understanding of the disease makes some friends and family quite difficult to be around when you\u2019re depressed. This is a list of 5 kinds of people you want to stay away from when you\u2019re depressed. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Armchair Expert<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have depression! You\u2019re just sad. I know what depression is like; I\u2019ve read all about it. I think you have histrionic syndrome. Or you know what it is? It\u2019s your OCD. Just give it a few days, and you\u2019ll be fine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you take this person seriously, you\u2019re going to be self-medicating yourself for a problem that you don\u2019t have and add confusion to the concoction of emotions that is plaguing your head right now. If you see someone, who isn\u2019t a professional, throwing psychology terms at you, be warned – you\u2019re around an armchair expert. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Self-Help Guru<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Exercise bro. Exercise and diet. Everything can be solved by working out. Do you even lift bro?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, you know what, this guy is probably right. Exercise and diet can help. But when you\u2019re depressed, dragging yourself out of bed takes superhuman strength, let alone going out for a walk. At this time, empathy helps, and this guy doesn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Religious Preacher<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Do you believe in God? <insert God name> will help you through this. Just make sure you go to <insert religious place of gathering> every <insert day of the week> and trust me, <insert God name> will take care of it. And don\u2019t forget to read the <insert religious book> every day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This person is right too, but now is not the time to dish out advice about godliness. Religious belief is a private thing and advising godliness to a person, forget even a depressed person, without knowing what they feel about it is a bad idea. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Accuser<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You know what, you just like to be the centre of attention. It\u2019s always got to be about you. Just because you don\u2019t get Bhav(Sympathy) from people you\u2019re going to say you\u2019re depressed? Just suck it up and man\/woman up. Bohut ho gaya yeh natak. (enough drama)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the last person you want to be around when you\u2019re depressed. You\u2019re already going through so much; the last thing you need is an accusation. What\u2019s worse, is people closest to you are most likely to accuse you of attention seeking. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Non-Believer<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"5<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Depression is a white man\u2019s disease. Did you know anyone from your parent\u2019s generation who were depressed? No. You know why? Because depression doesn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s completely made up and another excuse for people to stay at home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah. Because that\u2019s what you want to do – stay at home, never meet anyone else and be sad. This last kind of person is usually a know it all who believes everything is propaganda. And if you\u2019re around this person when depressed, there\u2019s no way for them ever to know how real what you\u2019re going through is. Pro tip – stay away. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The depressed need empathy and understanding. Not your advice. If they want it, they will ask you, and even then, the best advice you can give is to speak to a professional. A referral might be useful, but that\u2019s about it. It is true that a friends and family support system will help you come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-12702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression-and-bipolar-disorder","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}