Learning the Language of Depression: Overcoming Communication Barriers so People with Depression Are Safe and Understood [Hardcover]

In order for people with depression to feel safe and understood, it's essential to overcome depression's language barrier

As The Depression Project hears every single day from members of their 3,000,000+ person social media community, a language barrier often exists between people with depression and those around them  in the sense that many words, everyday expressions and non-verbal forms of communication can take on a vastly different meaning than they otherwise would when they are coming from someone who has depression. And, as The Depression Project also continuously hears, this language barrier can result in people with depression being judged and criticized; having conflict with their loved ones; feeling alone, misunderstood and unsupported; and being more at risk of attempting suicide.

Consequently, in order to overcome this language barrier and therefore help people with depression feel safe, understood, supported and much better as a result. This book will:?

• Explain what people with depression are actually going through when they say I have depression (it is much more than sadness); when they say I'm fine (very often they are not); when they say I'm tired (depression tiredness is very different from normal tiredness); when they say I can't (which is often misinterpreted as I won't, and as that person with depression just being lazy); and when they say other commonly spoken phrases that are often misunderstood by people who have never experienced depression themselves before.
• Share a wide variety of suggestions to help make it easier for people with depression to put what they are going through into words.
• Highlight the language people with depression often use that can indicate they als