I discovered this website thanks to one of my friend who is a therapist.
I'm here because I want to help my girlfriend, but I don't know how to do so in a healthy way without compromising my mental health while helping her to stand on her own feet. She was diagnosed with depression few years ago and when she was a teenager she already had a therapist. Few months ago she had some auto-lesionism episodes. Now she is better, but the depression is still there. She is going to the psycologist and the psychiatrist. BUT she doesn't take her pills like she should and she didn't say it to both of them. I want to help her in a costructive way, I want to show her my support, I just don't know which is the best way to do so.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thank you a lot in advance.
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Lyhn
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Welcome to our supportive community. Hopefully, you will find folks here are only too willing to come alongside you and share from their personal journeys and experiences.
You are not alone in feeling helpless in wanting to know how to support and care for a loved one struggling with mental health problems. In the first instance, if your girlfriend is not complying with taking her medications, then her health professionals do need to be aware of this, for her safety's sake and benefit. So you may have to take a lead in telling them this. You may find this information from MIND UK charity helpful:
We live in Spain, I will look for something similar in her countruy (she is spanish, I am italian). This is very, very helpful. I will find a way to tell them about the medication.
Hello Lyhn
It is very important that scripted medications are taken at prescribed times, if not the condition could take longer to control.
The best way to deal with this type of problem is be firm, also kind. Eventually, hopefully She will open up to you. You may also find as She has Her Therapy you will learn by listening to the problems that has caused these Depressive problems.
Medications are an important part of Therapy. At this time She needs to listen to all advice given in treatment sessions, hopefully She will be given coping techniques to control this illness. She may after some time consider changes to Her Life concerns, be there for Her and hopefully you will both understand and grow together
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