Top 10 Worst Things to Say to a Depressed Person

If a person's depressed it's probably best to NOT say of the following things. I don't approve of any of the following items I'm just trying to make a point.
The Top Ten
1 Kill yourself!

If the person does kill himself, it's gonna be your fault obviously, because you made him do so

If you say that then chances are they will actually do it

Imagine if Gene Simmons saw this list

Um should I just not talk to them?

2 You're worthless and what you do never matters
3 I don't care about you and your problems
4 Stop being an attention whore/ drama whore!
5 Just hurry up and kill yourself so we don't have to look at you anymore
6 You're just crying because you want attention!
7 Go jump off a bridge!
8 You're a freak!
9 Stop being depressed

Homeless people should just buy a home.
Sick people should just stop being sick.
People with asthma should just breathe.
Starving people should just eat.
Dead people should just be alive.

Wow, I can stop being depressed by just being happy? I never thought of that! Thank you for curing all of my problems ever!

I would if I could

10 Grow up!
The Contenders
11 Stop moping around
12 Why can't you stop being depressed?
13 Just be happy
14 You have no reason to be depressed
15 Attention seeker!
16 Ew, you're crying?
17 You’re weak
18 Others have it worse

Saying this is a BIG mistake to a depressed person.

Just don't ever say this. It's really insensitive

19 Pull yourself together

Hey that was enough hey this is not okay whatsoever shame on you

If they could, they would

20 You live such a good life! What do you have to be depressed about?

It's not very good to assume people's lives as they may had a very traumatic experience in the past.

Why have asthma when there is so much air to breathe?

21 Cheer up

"Yeah, I'm just gonna magically feel better because you told me to"

I understand the intentions of people who use this sentence, but this is pretty much toxic positivity at its worst. You're not giving them a reason to cheer up or something like that, and it especially underestimates depression. Depression is not something easy to get out of like a ball pit. - SoongeBill

22 Just think positively

Because telling someone to stop being depressed will definitely help them, no question, clearly the best, most effective possible way to handle such a situation

23 You are not a person with depression. You are fully defined as depressed.
24 Hey! Wanna hang out?

Saying nice things to a depressed person is not a good idea

Not that terrible to say to be honest.

I just got that! LOL!

25 It’s going to be okay

Is it going to be okay?

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