How do respond to a person who is mentally ill?

 

Mental illnesses can be very worrying and problem-causing for a lot of people because they are not only affecting the person who is suffering from them but they also are in some way affecting the other people around the people with mental health issues.

If you too know someone who is suffering from such issues and you want to help them out, then this post is for sure going to help you with that. There are a lot of ways in which you can help that person and this post is what to do. The following are the strategies that you must follow to help such a person.

  • When the person is telling you about himself, make sure that you are not judging, you are not distracted by the other things and you are focused on listening to them and providing them with solutions.
  • Asking them about what they need and how they want to be helped out is also a way of helping the mentally ill people because this way they would be able to express themselves and you would be able to know their needs.

  • Confrontation with the affected person might harm and hurt him more than you have thought of, so avoid doing that and give him time to calm down and explain himself better.
  • Encourage the affected person to go visit the professional consultant and seek their help so that they can get a chance to have a proper medical treatment.
  • If things are getting out of hand, you can consider sending them to the special facilities where there are people with bad mental health, and everything is done accordingly. They even have the anti-ligature notice board and similar things that help mentally ill people stay safe and secure.
  • These people can be more dangerous to you than you would have thought, so try to talk to them in a safe environment and make sure there is someone near to help you in case the subject person gets aggressive, irritated, or angry and starts damaging things or harming you.
  • You can also help the person in question if they want to contact someone with who they feel comfortable talking.
  • You can also do some research and provide practical knowledge of the matter to them and help them work on themselves as well.