xDutchCat wrote:
The only thing that helps with a person with depression is that I can suggest that you try to find something you like to do
That's pretty silly advice. Idk who told you that. Depressed people are ones that don't find joy because their lust for life is abysmal. Every once in a while they can feel happy, but after a while their happiness go down to way below average. Maybe normal people are on a scale 1-10 like 5-6 in terms of happiness. Some are higher, depressed people are lower. If you tell someone who's a 3 to maybe make a game, sure you might get him up to like a 6 for a few days, but then it'll go back to normal. Congrats bro, you prolonged this guy 3 days longer in life. Now where's the problem with this? The stress of making a game (People with higher degrees of neuroticism have lower stress tolerance) can easily get him down to a 1 which will make him feel so horrible and maybe you won't see him again. Sure, you got him to feel happier for a few days but you also increased the odds of his life ending severely, and the only thing it takes are a few pills too many and he'll be gone forever.
The only 2 things that can possibly help people that are chemically depressed is to convince them to find hope that the future is brighter -- In 10 years we could have a happy pill that will solve today's issues with mental health like it's the flu. Second thing that might help prolong things is that they're hurting their loved ones by leaving so soon (Hopefully they have some empathy at least). Hold out until that day & knowing that your life could be completely different.
However the likelihood of it being a more rudimentary-oriented depression is a lot higher due to society being sucky and is where your own piece of advice might be more impactful (People can end their lives due being like this obviously). Are you eating well (Eat absolutely 0 fast carbs & refined sugar), exercising at least 5 times a week, have good relationships, have something meaningful in life that you do, do you let down your pride in order to elevate others, do you tell the truth at all times, do you face your demons by taking responsibility or do you hide from them and distract yourself from reality on social media & games? Well if you're not doing these things then you should feel happy knowing that you can change your well being for the better!