How do you convince someone to seek help for depression?

i could tell you a good idea i have been through that so i can tell you what i did you need to do 2 things: 1.prepere a letter to your husband which will tell him that you love him and that everything will be alright. a letter in which he always has to carry with him in his pocket 2.you must get him out to take long walks with you this is the substitude to medication physical activity is effecting the brain and the matiriel that effects depression hoped this will be helpful

You need to convince him that life is worth living for. Can you do it? Can you make him understand that there are still people - you - who love him and all? Some people take to gentle approaches. Others need the other extreme. I am sure you have heard of the carrot and the stick analogy. Try one or the other, or both together. I hope things work out for you. God bless.

i sympathise wit u.bt i hv known smone who has been a victim to depression.doctors say that it is due to sm deficiency in ur nerves.thr is sm liquid that fails to function properly.i thnk convincing him smhw to take medical aid wud b the best solution.though it takes time to cure bt iam sure he wil b ok very soon.

This is a very big one and really there is no general answer. Each person is very different. I have known a couple of people who have had depression and they needed totally different ways to make them see the problem. To be honest one of them never has got away from it - mainly because she does not want to. She has been to numerous Psychologists, taken many different types of medication. But in her heart she does not want to get better. Another friend was going through a very very bad time with her husband, job, friends........ she was always a very strong person and had just hit a very low point. I tried to be nice and supportive with her and she continued with her depression. I then spoke to her once and said that she should look at the things that she is doing to other people, that she was using them, taking them for granted........ I really complained to her. The reason that I did this was I heard once that if you make some people who are suffering from depression look at themselves and not be gentle with them. It can sort things. She got so annoyed and did not talk to me for months. But during this time, she sorted her life out and fixed all of the issues that were causing her depression. She had done this to prove that I was wrong, I knew that she was a very strong person and she had to show this. Our friendship is now far stronger as she realised what I was doing to help her. But if this is used with the wrong person it can make them feel far worse. It is best not to nag your husband, it is better to talk. In bed at night and weekends is always a great time I have found. Don't be too obvious, just chat about friends, work..... just general chat and listen. Often they will let something out. This is a gradual thing. If they let something out, don't be too obvious. Maybe build on it at a later date. Oh, how is that problem you had last week. There is often something that are in peoples lives that make them feel like this. It could be work, debt, frustration....... to be honest it could be anything. It will be a slow process and will be very hard for you. I wish you all the best as I know how hard it is for you. Take care

Make them read books or articles about this problem. Maybe if they start to see themselves in the people who are suffering from this problem, they might finally realize that they have a problem and may seek help.

My dad has the same problem as your husband. I hate him so bad for it sometimes as well. Reccently he started taking blood pressure medication and that's made a lot of difference. Is there any way you could talk to a doctor ABOUT him? That's what my mom did with my dad.

There are some herbs that are supposed to help a bit.. like St Hohn's Wort.. And lots of sunshine can help if you have good windows for letting in lots of sunshine.. if not you can buy the purple sunlight bulbs, and this really does help lots! As I saw a program on a study and they found it to be very beneficial to get more sunshine from either source.. it's not that you even have to be in the sunlight, but just near it or able to see it.. Personally I think plants in the house, especially big ones, can be a big plus to one's outlook too, as well as lots of good nature time.. And also, as I'm sure you know, is quietness, and even solitude.. Especially a few moments of it right after the workday. And / or first thing in the morning.. :))

what i can advise you is that, you should not go over the boundaries like pushing in his mind that somethings wrong, somethings bad and it's making you a hard time. Maybe you could do some step-by-step procedure in helping your husband like for example, seek for a very appropriate time wherein you can have some chitchat and conversation about "topics" that concern him. In the process, try to seek out his sources of depression and stresses. In that way you will understand as well what bothers him. After that try helping him by means of assuring him that that particular source of his depression is not a big deal in the journey of everyones life. Or you could offer him alternatives for him to be able to relax his mind.

How can you say that your husband is suffering from bipolar disorder and you decide that he go for medical intervention, all by yourself ? In these days of complexities we have to be careful terming one a 'bipolar depressed'.Once it goes in to some body's mind it unnecessarily brings in new problems. It is common for any one to get upset and shout at when not in good moods. The best thing you can do is understand him,listen to him patiently, try to know his work problems, if there are any and do something if you can. Empathise with him. Tell him it hurts you badly if shouts at you and how much difficult it is becoming for you to bear it. Ask him to take you to a counsellor and the counsellor then identifies the real culprit and do the needful. Things must be Ok after a while. Sorry, if I'm strong some where.