“If I had died, I would have missed out on so much, but you don’t see that when you’re depressed.”
This last line of the article is so important, but how do you help people who are depressed to see it? I think it is good that someone like your sister, who has genuinely been there is being a role model. Maybe some will see it in her and then see it could be possible for them too. Still great that she is trying to help.
It's not just them that miss out but everyone else around them too. I have a mate at the moment who is not in good shape. He is getting professional help and it is helping, but it is a slow road. He hasn't been talking to any of us much over the last months, but finally made contact twice over the last week or so. I'm not sure what you are meant to really discuss, but I was very direct with him about how much his boys need him. He was equally blunt back to me that they are the only reason he is still here. Although he said he is doing better than that low. I hope in the darkest times that something like that can be enough.
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