How to help people with mental health issues

People who go through some trauma,suffered from a great loss or gone through severe hardships tend to develop mental health issues. Most of the time they are close relations so you can not abandon them and you should not because they need your help the most. But they don’t consider it serious enough to consult a psychiatrist unaware of the side effects of illness and the impact it is going to cast upon the people living with them.

People with mental health issues are very difficult to handle.They consider themselves the most miserable people because they have suffered a lot and believe nobody can match them.Everyone looks inferior to them.You need to have great amount of patience,tolerance and not to forget , a great listening power to handle such people.

people with mental health issues tend to become agressive very often and you never understand what would annoy them.They become abusive and some of them talk continuously.People around them need to be very patient because your self esteem is trampled many times.

But the question is how do we help them?

Consult a good psychiatrist.

Be kind and sympathetic.

Listen to them patiently.

Acknowledge their sacrifices and hardships.

Take them to a walk or a trip to hilly area would have a good impact.

Forget and forgive.