Sir,One of my friends is not able o recover from a bad past and is not able to lead a normal life. he keeps talking about that past and dig into the details of it every now and then. He has also tried to hurt himself several times. He has lost all hopes to live a happy life. He has his papers in April, but he has stopped studying. At times he also starts to behave uncontrollably and at that moment it really gets tough to control him. Please help.
Hello, Thanking you for writing to Chat Doctor, Brief Answer -Divert mind in some other activities is the best way to Overcome severe depression. Explained Answer-Depression is nothing, but it comes when you have nothing to do, and you are thinking of bad things again and again.It's possible to overcome to it very easily by diverting mind to some interesting activities. It will overcome from it. Because as time goes our mind automatically overcome from some issues. But it happens if we try to help our mind in same way. So, if possible try to do something for your friend what he likes the most and other activities. It also requires getting participate happily for your friend because at the end he has to be positive. For more you should have to concern a good psychologist they could help your friend to overcome easily. Hope it will be helpful to you. Thanks &