# How to connect with depressed friends

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSnoIsleLibraries
- Speaker: Bill Bernat
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_bernat_how_to_connect_with_depressed_friends)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Want to connect with a depressed friend but not sure how to relate to them? Comedian and storyteller Bill Bernat has a few suggestions. Learn some dos and don'ts for talking to people living with depression -- and handle your next conversation with grace and maybe a bit of humor.

## Lectures

1. [How to connect with depressed friends](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bill_bernat_how_to_connect_with_depressed_friends/2d99d81f04b0), 13 min (TED's player)