Hi there,
My name's Mathew Baker - in case you don't know I'm a professional counsellor & the co-founder of The Depression Project - and for two main reasons, many people with depression tragically don’t receive anywhere near the amount of support they need.
Firstly, it’s common for non-sufferers to confuse depression with “just a bad day”, or to dismiss it as a non-problem that’s simple to fix. This then results in them telling their loved one with depression things like:
“Depression isn’t real.”
“Just get over it."
“You have a mental illness? Then you must be crazy!”
“I know how you feel” (when that person has never had depression before).
“We all have bad days now and then.”
“You can't be depressed – there are so many people in the world who are worse off than you!”
“You’re just being negative.”
“It’s all in your head.”
“Look how lucky you are.”
“Just do XYZ – then you’ll be fine!”
“Stop feeling sorry for yourself.”
And, while comments like these can be well-intentioned, they usually leave the person with depression feeling as if their illness hasn’t been understood or validated at all.
Secondly, even if someone does understand how devastating of an illness depression can be, they often still won’t know how to support their loved one through it.
Why?
Because depression can be so many different things at different times, and for this reason, it can be really difficult for a supporter to know how to help their loved one at any given moment.
For example:
One day: Their loved one might feel so exhausted and miserable that they just want to lie in bed all day;
Then the next day: They might feel pretty good;
Then the day after that: They might feel a lot worse, but they try to carry on by faking a smile and pretending they're “fine”;
Then the next two days: They might feel so tired and burned out from pretending to be OK that they just want to sleep and not talk to anyone;
Then the day after that: They might want to talk to a friend and be supported;
Then the day after that: They might actually feel fine, and not want to talk about or be reminded of their depression at all;
Then the next two days after that: They might just be pretending that everything is fine, when deep down, they’re feeling miserable again.
When depression can be so many different things like so, it’s very difficult for a supporter to know how their loved one with depression feels at any particular point in time – and consequently, at any particular point in time, it’s very hard for that supporter to know how to help them.
For this reason, even with a supporter’s best intentions, their loved one with depression will often still end up feeling isolated, alone and bereft of support.
Because, by the time you've finished reading How To Support A Loved One With Depression, you will not only properly understand depression, but you’ll also know how best to support your loved one through it – both in general terms, and at any given moment in time as well.
To show you how I’m going to help you become the best supporter your loved one with depression could ever ask for, below is a step-by-step breakdown of exactly what this book is going to cover.
Bonus #1: Our Online Course How To Make Someone Feel Loved During A Depressive Episode!
After completing this course, you'll know a wide variety of strategies to make someone you care about feel loved when they're in a depressive episode - no matter what the situation is!
Bonus #2: Our Online Workshop How To Prevent Carer Burnout!
Of course, supporting a loved one with depression is a really wonderful, noble thing to do. However, if you don’t also take care of your own emotional and mental well-being at the same time, then unfortunately, you run the risk of becoming extremely overwhelmed, burned out and exhausted.
So, in this in-depth workshop, you'll learn how to prevent "carer burnout" in the course of supporting a loved one with depression.
Bonus #3: A Folder of 20 Supportive, Encouraging Quotes!
Each day, The Depression Project emails over 50,000 people a supportive, encouraging quote to help them through their depression. And, when you buy How To Support A Loved One With Depression, we'll give you a folder of 20 downloadable images depicting our favourites - which you can send to your loved one to uplift and inspire them!
Bonus #4: 10 beautifully-designed, hopeful, uplifting wallpapers!
When you buy this book, you'll also receive 10 of our beautifully-designed, hopeful, uplifting artworks in a variety of high-resolution formats - which you can gift your loved one with depression for them to use as a wallpaper or screensaver on their computer or smartphone, or to print off and hang as a poster in their home or office!
Bonus #5: Membership to Depression School's Private Facebook Group!
When you buy this book, you and your loved one with depression will also be welcome to join the Depression School Private Facebook Group - where you'll both be able to interact with other supporters and people who have depression, and get any questions that you have answered.
You'll receive How To Support A Loved One With Depression in a variety of digital formats - including PDF (to read on your computer, mobile or tablet device); MOBI (to read on a Kindle); and ePUB (for non-Kindle e-readers).
In addition to being a professional counsellor, I'm also the co-founder of The Depression Project - which with 2,000,000+ followers on Instagram, 1,000,000+ on Facebook, and our posts having been viewed several BILLION times, is one of the world's most popular mental health organisations. I understand depression really, really well, and know exactly how to help people support their loved ones who are struggling with this illness.
Furthermore, as regarding How To Support A Loved One With Depression in particular, it's already sold over 10,000 copies, and as you'll see below, the feedback it's received has been overwhelmingly positive!
(NOTE: To protect people's privacy given the sensitive nature of depression, all names in the testimonials below have been changed, and caricatures have been used in place of real-life photographs)
This is the most thorough & concise book I’ve encountered on how to help someone with depression. It has a fantastic model that makes everything really clear, and verbalizes everything in an easy to understand way. The short recap in the back is also excellent for quick reference!
My understanding of depression and how to help my loved one through it is now infinitely better thanks to reading this book!
I wanted to read through this book before asking my hubbie if he will read it to better understand my depression. What a great book. It is like someone has climbed inside my head and written down the words. How I long for that kind of understanding.
I bought this book because my partner suffers from depression. As a teacher who's taken courses on mental health, I felt I had a good understanding of depression, but this book provides an invaluable perspective and offers a great framework for support (which is actionable), which I believe is missing from much of the literature on depression. A huge thank you to Mathew Baker - I feel much more confident in my ability to offer support, as well as an awareness of the ways which don't offer support.
As someone that struggles with a loved one suffering from depression, I found this book super helpful in helping me try to understand why depression occurs, how it can affect a person, and the dos and dont's of supporting someone with this illness.
I just bought this book yesterday and have already had my eyes opened so much from only reading the first chapter!
I've followed The Depression Project on Instagram for over a year, and because I always enjoyed their posts, I decided to get this book. It is amazing. So helpful, eye-opening and insightful. Makes me feel much more confident in my ability to support my partner - rather than often not knowing what to do which is how I felt in the past.
I recommend this book to anyone close to someone with depression!
I'm extremely, extremely confident that you're going to find How To Support A Loved One With Depression immensely helpful. But, just in case you don't, you're protected by The Depression Project's 100%, Hassle-Free, Unconditional Money-Back Guarantee To Completely Put Your Mind At Ease!
If you have any questions about How To Support A Loved One With Depression, then please feel free to email The Depression Project at [email protected] so that either myself or someone from our customer support team can get your questions answered for you. Otherwise, I hope you choose to get this book, because I know that you're going to find it really, really helpful!
All my love,
Mathew Baker,
Professional Counseller & Co-founder of The Depression Project.
P.S. This is a special, one-time offer that won't always be available! To take advantage of it and get all the bonuses, order How To Support A Loved One With Depression now before the timer above hits zero!
