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6 things not to say to someone with depression — and 7 things we should say and do.
- Anna Mae
- Nov 16, 2016
- 1 min read
''There are many, many things we'd never say to someone with a serious physical illness like cancer.
Things like:
"A lot of people are worse off than you."
"I'm getting tired of hearing about this."
"Snap out of it."
"You're kind of dragging me down."
"Why don't you just go outside and get some sunshine. You'll be fine."
"Can we stop with the pity party?"
And yet people dealing with depression hear these kinds of statements all too often.
Why is that? Well, it's probably partly because of the way we talk about depression...''
by Laura Willard
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