HOW TO SUPPORT PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH?

You might be caring for someone with a physical health problem, a mental health problem, or both. For mental health problems, you may face slightly different or additional challenges.

You believe you are not a big assistance.

You can feel irritated that you're not 'enough' to satisfy someone, or that you can't help them feel better. However, mental health issues can impact everyone, just like physical health issues can. Nobody can stop someone else from experiencing mental health issues.

You are unable to comprehend their situation.

It might be challenging to comprehend the feeling of a mental health illness if you have never dealt with one. Ask them to try to explain, keeping in mind that descriptions aren't always straightforward. You two could peruse our blogs, brief films, and mental health resources. These tools could assist them in finding the correct words to describe it.

Concerned that you're doing inappropriately

It's difficult to judge what actions are optimal or how much attention to devote. You might be concerned that they are relying too much on you. You may also believe that your efforts are ultimately ineffective.

Try the following if you're concerned about what other people may think:

Tell your story and discuss your experience. This has the potential to alter attitudes and increase understanding among people. Learn more about creating a blog post for Mind here.

Act now by launching a Mind-based campaign. See our campaigns for specifics on how you may contribute to our efforts to combat stigma.

Display Mind's data to people. They may learn more about mental health as a result of this. You have the option to show them the webpage or save the data in a PDF file for printing. A portion of our content is accessible in printed form.