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How do you deal with a depressed spouse without becoming depressed yourself? |
Issue My husband is always so down and he never wants to do anything. When I get involved in things without him he gets all down because I have stuff to do and he doesn't, but he never wants to come with me. He's taken antidepressants in the past but he doesn't like them and they really didn't seem to help much. What can I do to help him and also keep myself from falling into his depression? Best Tip You husbands depression is not your fault and he'll need to work it out on his own and with your support. In the meantime, you must stay strong, in other words, keep up your own good habits, go out with your friends, be active, positive, don't feel guilty that he chooses to be home alone. He'll need to catch up with you and you'll both be the better for it. I would also recommend you evaluate his diet and exercise... and if its really bad has he tried talk therapy? Others Try St John's Wort but read the paperwork carefully! Even Yoga would be brilliant if you can persuade him... Good luck He needs to see a psychologist for his depression. It can make your life and his miserable if not corrected. Insist on it or your marriage will slowly disintegrate. Sorry to hear that....If the drugs aren't helping him then you really need to find out what's the underlying cause of the depression and go from there. I think some people though are just depressed by genetics but for others there's definitely things you can do to make someone feel happier. Be part of something like a club, or get a pet. Become active in something. As a last resort I heard they now can perform survery with varying results. Encourage him more to come out to places with you. Make it sound like you really need him to come with you and he should come with and he could really have a lot of fun. Sometimes people are just determined to stay depressed and don't even want to try to get out of their depression, which is sad. Ask him why he wants to stay depressed maybe, otherwise the main thing I can think of is to just try to push getting him more involved in other things so that he will have things to do as well and once a person gets more busy with things, there is much less time to even think about being depressed. i would suggest that not only should he be on anti-depressants but counseling. it's not just taking a pill that makes you better. i'm clinically depressed also. |
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