Your Two Cents Worth Here
Gina, ask her to stay with you for few months until she discovers her mental / emotional strength...
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only she can decide to get herself out of the state that she's in now. all you can do is just stick by her, keep her from going off the ledge, at least until she gets herself back on track again.
There is nothing you can do about it. And there is nothing your friend can do about it either. I know 'cos I suffer from manic depression. It's something you can't help. It's not like a migraine where you can pop a few pills to solve the problem. Depression comes and goes but it stays with you for life.
VJ: I can't. My house has 12 people.. she would end up more depressed.
Yuin: I guess so. Now she is fine. Just called me to go facial with her.
Anonymous: I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you have the right friends to be around you when this happen. And whatever it is, remember, when no one else is there to help you, there is always God.
Appreciate your concern, Gina, but the thing is, ppl suffering from depression have to learn to live with it. It comes. It goes. It comes again. It goes again. Etc etc. Expect it to happen, accept it as part of your life, and just carry on. Just as ppl born with physical handicaps learn to live with their disabilities, ppl with mental illnesses have to learn to live with theirs.
Anonymous: I guess you understand your own situation better. It is unfair for people like me to make any judgement based on lack of experience. We seriously don't know what is playing in the minds of depressed people. That is why psychitrists are here to help, friends, relatives, etc. When all else fails, we just live everything to the divine.
that's why there's antidepressants to control the depression...
You *CAN* move out of depression with AND/OR without medication. I used to suffer from manic depression and mild schizo - these days, I barely sink into depression unless it's something huge (like me going job hunting) - so far, I have had one or two episodes but not as much as compared to the 'dark' years.
All it takes is an open mind and willpower. She can change her life...if she wanted to.
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