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🥰🥰5 Supportive Things To Say To Someone Struggling With Their Mental Health❤️💚

1.🥰❤️ "This will pass."

The clouded judgment that comes with mental health problems can render those who suffer blind to brighter times ahead.

🩸🩸❣️However, a reminder that panic attacks usually peak after 10 minutes, and then go through a decline which can last from 10 minutes to a few hours, can calm a person who is struggling.

Likewise, a person suffering from severe depression can sometimes only gain comfort in the knowledge that the feeling will pass, as it did last time and as it does with everybody. Not knowing when your depression will pass can cause anxiety, sure, but consciously thinking “This will pass” can save lives.🥰🥰

2.🥰💚💚 "Lots of people with your illness live highly functioning and fulfilling lives."

A lot of anxiety that comes with being diagnosed with a disorder like schizophrenia or bipolar is in one's anxiety that this now means that they're "disabled."

Being diagnosed can be a confusing time. Offer a gentle reminder that bipolar disorder can work wonders for a sufferer's self-esteem and a sense of hope is all they need.🥰💚❤️‍🔥

3.🥰🥰❤️"My ears are open if you'd like to tell me more about that."💚

Often, especially in sufferers of depression, there lies the problem that “nobody wants to listen.” Whether this is a result of unfortunate acquaintances who really won't listen or a false thought, you can be the person to help correct it.

I'm not suggesting you become their full-time agony aunt, but that you offer whatever time you can and digest what your friend says before you respond to it.🥰🥰

4. "It's interesting to hear about this from a first-hand perspective."

This can help a person's sense of purposefulness.

Everybody likes to feel like they're a contributing member of society, and depressed people who are too unwell to work can become more depressed as they feel like a "burden" to others and believe that “everyone would be better off without them.”

If you give their depression value, you might make it feel slightly less unbearable. Don't push it, though — wait for them to speak.

5.🥰🥰🧗‍♂️ "Would you like a coffee?"
They might not be the best company right now, but if your friend is depressed, have a coffee with them and help them pass the time. Be nice and make an effort.

If you have a friend who is manic, have a coffee with them and see their funny side. If you have an anxious friend, take them for a decaffeinated coffee or a green tea, tell them you're paying for it beforehand, and talk to them about undemanding things.💊🩸💚