{"id":11626,"date":"2019-11-21T20:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T01:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=11626"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T22:51:13","slug":"friend-going-through-depression-but-not-close-to-them-how-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/11\/21\/friend-going-through-depression-but-not-close-to-them-how-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Accidentally knew a friend going through depression but not close to them. How to help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-05.jpg\" alt=\"Accidentally knew a friend going through depression but not close to them. How to help? Thanks\" class=\"wp-image-11610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-05.jpg 499w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-05-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-05-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-05-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><figcaption>Accidentally knew a friend going through depression but not close to them. How to help? Thanks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would say making the effort to communicate and offering support are some of the best things you can do for someone who is depressed. Your attempts to reach out may be met with some unpleasant reactions, but I would still say showing that you\u2018re willing to help someone who\u2018s dealing with something like depression can hopefully go a long way with helping someone overcome a negative mindset.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would say making the effort to communicate and offering support are some of the best things you can do for someone who is depressed. Your attempts to reach out may be met with some unpleasant reactions, but I would still say showing that you\u2018re willing to help someone who\u2018s dealing with something like depression &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/11\/21\/friend-going-through-depression-but-not-close-to-them-how-to-help\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Accidentally knew a friend going through depression but not close to them. How to help?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11677,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626\/revisions\/11677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}