How to Support Your Partner When He’s Feeling Depressed

How to Support Your Partner When He's Feeling Depressed

The first thing you should know is that specialists determine that in most cases people who suffer from depression are influenced by the people around them. We give you the signs of depression and tips to help you

Only in Spain depression soars by more than 5 percent . This alerts the population to prevention and to take into account some important tips to support your partner when you see that he isolates himself and feels depressed, acting quickly is what is recommended so that things do not get complicated.

If you notice that your partner is too sad, he begins to change his sense of humor, he has no appetite, it is because he could be in a depression, the signs are clear, but they must always be confirmed with a specialist. If you have wondered how to help your partner, we share some important tips to help you get ahead.

The first thing you should know is that specialists determine that in most cases people who suffer from depression are influenced by the people around them. Generally, people enter this process of depression due to love disappointments, because they are not on the same level as their partner, because they do not have a job or simply because they cannot leave the past and carry it to the point of isolating themselves and becoming too depressed.

That is why it is very important to be examined by a specialist, but how can you help your partner in his recovery? It is recommended to take into account the signs that announce that you are in depression:

  • Low mood for several months
  • He is no longer motivated by anything, he does not want to know about anything or anyone
  • He gets angry when you ask him what he has, he looks without energy, he doesn’t feel like doing anything in his life.
  • Depression has already damaged his health because he does not want to eat and cries most of the time
  • Another characteristic of the depressive is that he becomes irritable, and everything bothers him.
  • He feels that he is worthless, that he is a useless person in everyone’s life.
  • He sleeps too much, does not concentrate, and begins to self-medicate because he says that everything hurts.

Tips to help your partner when feeling depressed:

Do not go away:
Some couples despair and go to the first time, the first advice is that you stay and help him as much as you can, tell him that everything has a solution and that as a couple they will succeed, that if it is necessary to visit a therapist who will they will. This helps them gain more confidence that there is hope to get out of the depression.

Thank him that he is in your life , that he feels that he is a valuable person for you, and highlights all the good he has done in his life, and when you see that he is improving, encourage him to continue like this, look for activities where little by little he or she integrates.

Don’t push it too hard
It is about being patient, not forcing him to do anything, just listen to what he wants to do, and no complaints, the most important thing here is that he gets better, that he reactivates his sense of humor, his skills and that he feels useful and important in the lives of others.

Go to therapy together
This step is very important, you have to heal everything that hurts and concentrate on finding new alternatives to live life together, always hand in hand with the expert, be it a psychologist or a psychiatrist.