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View submission: People WITHOUT depression and anxiety, what is life like?
THIS!! 🙌🏻
Above anything else, just listen. Don’t offer advice, don’t try and fix them, don’t try and be the devil’s advocate or tell them to be positive. Just be there and listen. (And if you don’t know what to say - usually no one ever does - just ask, how can I help you? What can I do?)
Most of the time we know all the “positive” things we “should” try and do. But in that moment, we need to let out our feelings without fear of judgement or someone wanting to try and fix us.
And just remember we are being extremely vulnerable in that moment and it’s really hard for a lot of us to be so open. So whatever you do, try not to invalidate their feelings.
There's nothing here!