Things you should never say to someone with mental illness

Hello everyone I hope you guys are having a great day and enjoying your weekend +_+

So I'm here with another article

Like I've said countless times that happiness and sadness is part of life we face different situations, encounter different emotions during the long journey of life so we're not in one situation but some emotions are not that easy to get rid of, some emotions won't just disappear when we want them to, I'm talking about so much but we could take depression as an example. I've already written an article about depression, actually a complete thesis in which I kinda poured my heart out so if you haven't read it you can check it here +_+

Depression, causes and symptoms

Treatment of depression

But the point is, in this life we never know who's going through what in their life and what battle they're fighting inside themselves so we should always stay kind it will cost us nothing but can make it easy for the other person. I'm saying that because sometimes we say something harsh or rude to someone with or without our intention to hurt them but it could leave a scar on their mind and can make the situation more worse for them.

Especially when someone is dealing with something like depression and they share it with you, listen to them make them feel like they're doing the right thing by sharing it with someone because you might have no idea how hard it is to share the pain with someone. we share it when we are in extreme pain and can't handle it anymore, so be generous, listen to them carefully and treat them with love.🖤 And it's super easy, all you have to do is to avoid the following things that you should never say to someone dealing with mental illness.

1)You're not even trying

When someone shares something with us like how they feel and what they're going through never say it to them that you're not trying to get out of it, this never helps and those who had been trying their whole life to get out of it they could get so much hurt and they might not share it with anyone else either, because no one knows how much someone has tried to deal with mental illness no one wants to live in such situation forever but it's not that easy it takes time and help.

2 just snap out of it

Again like I said it's not like when you want it to go and it will just disappear. Dude, if it was that easy, why would they even need to ask for someone else's help to deal with it?. :') You can't just snap your mental illness it's not that easy it takes efforts it's a very long process and we could reduce it for them with a little help or even some kind words and make them realize that we know it's hard they could take their time and take baby steps to deal with it but just don't give up.

3 attention seeker

This might kill someone from inside when they gather so much courage and talk to you about their mental condition and you reply to the back with such words as an attention seeker and stop doing all that for the sake of attention. Know that mental illness makes your life a living hell no one wants it no one will ever make their life miserable just for the sake of attention and it's not just a one-day thing, how could you even think that someone can fake depression for years? No one is that good at acting no one would waste the precious moments of their life in making someone realize that they're depressed so that they could get some attention. People dealing with mental illness only needs help and there's a difference between seeking attention and asking for help do realize the difference and stay kind to them.

4) people are in worse situations than you

Do you even make sense when you tell this to someone who's dealing with depression? This is so mean that you don't even realize what it could make them feel. Everyone here in their life is fighting their battle everyone is having problems and bad days for each person their pain is worse you can not compare the pain of one person with the others it makes them feel like you can't feel their pain you think the things they're dealing with is not hard for them to deal with, but it is, also when you say this to someone what do you expect? You want them to compare their pain with others and feel happy that they're in a better situation than someone who's in much worse situations? That's not how it works. :')

5 But your life is perfect

Just like we can't get an idea of who is a nice person and who's not, by their facial looks, the same is the case with depression and mental illness. If you search on the internet you'll find most of the people who commit suicide are those having great lives according to others but that's not what it is about, having depression don't mean you're ungrateful for what you have it's way more different than that people might be having a big house, car money everything you could wish for but not everyone thinks the same depression has nothing to do with money or your lifestyle.

6) It's just a mood swing you're not dealing with mental illness

Like I said in my previous article, depression sometimes has signs that we could see in someone and tell that they're dealing with depression but that's not in all cases. Some people are good at hiding their pain and covering those symptoms from us they might be hiding it for so long that when they finally speak about it, people won't believe them. We might feel like it's just a one-day thing or mood swing but you never know the real struggle of someone with mental illness so even if they hide it it's still there and believe them when they open their heart out to you.

Closing para

Please note these things and don't say these or any other mean words to people dealing with mental illness don't say that to anyone even when they are just sad, try to make things easy for them, and never speak harshly to someone who is trying to share their feelings with you even when your intentions are good, words like these will hurt them you might be their only hope of getting out of the situation, so be a good listener and stay kind.

• And if someone here is going through something like this, feel free to share it with me I'm a nice person and a good listener I will try my best to help, you're not alone and I'm proud of you for existing and trying your best.💜

That's all for now Happy reading. :')