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So, if you know someone struggling with depression, encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options.
所以，如果你認識為抑郁癥所苦的人溫和地鼓勵他，去尋求其中幾項的幫助。
You might even offer to help with specific tasks,
你甚至也可提供特別的協助，
like looking up therapists in the area, or making a list of questions to ask a doctor.
像幫他找附近的治療師或是列出一張要問醫師問題的清單。
To someone with depression, these first steps can seem insurmountable.
對抑郁癥患者來說踏出尋求治療的最初幾步都可謂舉步難難。
If they feel guilty or ashamed, point out that depression is a medical condition, just like asthma or diabetes.
如果他們會覺得罪惡或羞恥的話，要點醒他們：抑郁是一種疾病，就像氣喘或糖尿病。
It's not a weakness or a personality trait,
它不是弱點或人格特質，
and they shouldn't expect themselves to just get over it anymore than they could will themselves to get over a broken arm.
也不應該認為自己有辦法熬過去，這正如不能光靠自己的意志力就治好手骨折一樣。
If you haven't experienced depression yourself, avoid comparing it to times you've felt down.
如果你沒有得過抑郁癥，要避免拿它來和自己失意時比較。
Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling.
將他們的抑郁癥和自己平常短暫的沮喪相比會讓他們對掙扎有罪惡感。
Even just talking about depression openly can help.
就算只是公開談論抑郁癥也會有幫助。
For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk.
舉例來說，研究顯示問某人對自殺的看法真的可降低他們的自殺風險。
Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help.
公開談論心理疾病可以削弱它的壞名聲，讓人們能更無拘束地去尋求協助。
And the more patients seek treatment, the more scientists will learn about depression, and the better the treatments will get.
而就診的病患越多，科學家對抑郁癥的了解就越多，治療方式就會越來越好。
