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Do you know somebody who has a mental illness or has just been diagnosed with one?
Are you unsure about how to help them or maybe even what to say?
In today's video, you will find lots of helpful advice on what you can do to help somebody
with a mental illness.
Welcome to Psych-Minded.
I'm your host Kalley Marie and today, we are going to be talking about what you can do
to help someone with mental illness.
Number one, acknowledge your own feelings.
It can be really stressful and even a little bit traumatic when a loved one is struggling
with a mental illness or has just been diagnosed with a mental illness, so I encourage you
to look at your own feelings and identify what's going on with you.
Maybe you're feeling really scared.
Or maybe you're feeling really unsure and you're not sure what to do.
It's okay to have those feelings.
You may feel a wide range of emotions and that's perfectly okay.
Advice number two is to listen.
It is so critical to listen to your loved one with a compassionate ear, with patience,
and with the most understanding you can.
When someone has a mental illness, they can often feel highly misunderstood or like their
opinion and their feelings don't matter.
You can be there to show them that they do.
Every single time you take the time to listen to them with critical intent, you want to
support them -- it's going to make a big difference.
Tip number three is to help with the small stuff.
What day-to-day tasks can you help with that will assist the person with mental illness?
Can you help drive them to appointments?
Can you help cook them meals?
Can you visit them a couple times a week to help clean up the house?
Or can you encourage them to do other activities that will help them with their mental illness?
Find those little things throughout the day that are really simple, but may be difficult
for the person with mental illness to accomplish.
Number four, do your best to support them.
Nobody expects you to be the perfect friend, spouse, or the perfect partner, or the perfect
family member.
All you can do to support your loved one is your absolute best.
If you stay conscious of these tips that I'm giving you, as well as your own emotions,
you're going to be on the right track.
Do your best to make them feel loved and supported.
And ask them questions about what you can best do to support them.
Lastly, be really flexible with your time and with your schedule when you're dealing
with the individual with mental illness, particularly if they were just diagnosed.
There could be medication changes -- there could be other doctors' appointments and things
going on that make it difficult for the individual with mental illness to stick to a schedule
that may vary from their day-to-day routine.
So try to be compassionate when there may not be a lot of spontaneity in schedule, or
you may be let down in terms of commitments that the individual with mental illness may
have made but is unable to keep.
Try to be as compassionate and understanding as you can and as flexible as possible.
So there you have it -- some very practical things you can do to help a loved one or a
friend who is struggling with mental illness.
Know that you are not alone.
There are a lot of support groups for family members and friends of individuals with mental
illness and I will put some of those resources in the description below.
If you haven't yet, please subscribe to this channel for more mental health tips, as well
as psychological based topics here on this channel.
Please give this a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and I will see you guys next time!
Bye!
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