I'm Still Human: Understanding Depression With Kindness (Expanded Edition - 2021)

12 ways to be kind to people
with depression
Various kindness-based strategies have been suggested in
the previous chapter for patients to cope with depression
(internal). It will be even better if we can extend kindness to those
who are suffering from depression (external). With a full dose of
kindness (internal and external), recovery from depression will be
much easier. How can we be kind to those who are depressed?
• 1. Don’t stigmatize them – they are not crazy, mad, psycho,
violent or bad. They are human beings like you and me (but with a
psychological illness), who are capable of being good, happy and
successful in life.
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