SPREAD A LITTLE HOPE!

HEY U PPL! ITS THE MONTH OF CHRISTMAS!

Time for giving and sharing,
time for reaching out to people
and spreading joy and happiness
and bringing a little hope to someone's world!

So on this bright note, would again like to rediscuss the topic of depression, and how serious the illness can be sometimes, and how alot of people wish to ignore it......sometimes untill its too late already!
So please, sit up and take notice..................if someone close to you, your near and dear ones are sufforing through any of the symptoms; instead of isolating them, getting angry/loosing your cool or patience etc................try to step into their shoes, and view life from their angle........and see how gloomy and miserable their world and the perception of it can be!!!!!

The key word is COMPASSION ! This is what we need to have, be and do! Be compassionate, give a little of your time, to listen to them, understand them and where their thoughts and feeling s are comming from, instead of looking down upon them and constantly blaming , rediculing or critisizing them! For noone likes to be or get in that mood/state or being, lets face it.....
So support all those who are facing this terrible illness, and lets try and reach out our hands towards them in support..........and show them that we care, and are there for them always , this CHRISTMAS!

Hopelessness is a key factor that characterizes severe depression. In the book Darkness Visible, author William Styron describes how it feels when darkness takes hold."In depression, the pain is unrelenting and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come. Not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute. If there is mild relief, one knows that it is only temporary. More pain is going to follow. It's hopelessness even more than the pain that crushes the soul," he writes.If you know someone suffering from depression, Dr. Welner says the first thing you should do is focus on minimizing their hopelessness. Then, no matter how much the depressed person withdraws, don't allow them to isolate themselves.
"If they shut you out, don't take it personally," Dr. Welner says. "That's when it's the illness talking." (source : Oprah.com ) "In Asia, there is alot of stigma involved in getting help,in admitting that things may be wrong.but mental illnesses are just like having the a broken boneor having cancer..its painful, unwanted, but has to be addressedSo, get help if you need it and if you know someone who's suffering,someone who seems to be having problems,reach out. you never know what may happen ifyou don't.