Helping A Depressed Friend

By Karen Hanley

The already high rate of depression continues to soar across America. In today's world, it's not uncommon to personally know someone who suffers from depression. In fact, if anything it's now the new norm. If you do know someone who is stuck in this situation, what do you do?

It is important for everyone to know how to handle people with clinical depression. You never know, you might be the person who saved someone from suicide.

If a friend of yours walks up to you and tells you how depressed they are, do not tell him to just get over it and change the topic. Instead, ask the person what makes him feel that way.

When he starts sharing his emotions and feelings, offer your unsolicited advice. Sometimes, these people just need someone they could pour their heart out to and not someone who would lecture them on what they should do instead.

If the friend sounds like they might be considering killing themselves or discuss this in anyway, you have to pay attention. You should try and stay with them until you are sure they are feeling ok.

If the person says he does not want to talk about it, that means he really does not want to. Offer comfort by just being there with him during this tough time and save your curiosity for later.

You might not guess it but by just simply being around this person, you could actually prevent them from killing themselves. Many folk who've had depression have said that the blackness has lifted when they have been around someone who is compassionate and cares. You should try this compassionate and caring individual.

Lastly, your friend might need more than just you to help him out. Consider contacting a licensed professional, potentially a psychologist, to make sure your friend can start feeling better. Sometimes all it takes is a prescription to make an individual feel better.

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The Legend That Is Bill Gates

By Paul Reed

Bill Gates isn't exactly the most popular man in America. In fact, a lot of people hate him. Are you a Bill Gates hater?

That's a shame. Bill Gates does not deserve to be hated. He's incredibly generous and giving. He has a foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spends 1.5 billion per year - all on charitable causes. That number is so big it is hard to even imagine.

He's so dedicated to charity, and to working to make the world a better place, he retired from Microsoft to have time to work at this full time. People still think he's an asshole for some reason. The type of people who think bad things about Bill Gates tend to be unsuccessful and negative and bitter.

Microsoft is far from perfect of course. But you know what? They aren't that bad compared to most of corporate America.

Bottom line is that you have to respect Microsoft and Bill Gates. Mr. Gates is a huge success and there's no arguing with how much good he's done with his money. He made all of that from nothing too which is very impressive.

Before we all get on our high horses, let's be real. You can't give to others if you have nothing yourself. If Bill Gates had been all humble and had kept Microsoft small, the world would have been the poorer for this.

Bill Gates is a smart guy, and knew that to achieve his aims he had to become a success. He became someone who could make a real difference. If you are sitting around complaining about Bill Gates and all of his riches, stop for a minute and think. He does a lot of good in the world. How much good are you doing on a regular basis?

Do you contribute to AIDS research? Work to reduce world hunger? Bill Gates does. He dedicates his life to making the lives of others better.

There's no point in resenting other people's successes. This just deprives you. You likely think that you are a good person, right? Well, if you believe that rich people got that way because they are greedy or evil, and believe that you are good, how does that fit together with you becoming wealthy some day? Answer: it doesn't.

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