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How do you help someone with severe clinical depression when you're part of the problem it exists in the first place?
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firefall · 61-69, M
If they have severe clinical depression, the cause is an imbalance in brain chemistry, not you. You might at most have been a proximate trigger for the imbalance. You help them by getting them to a doctor for treatment (primarily chemical in nature), encouraging them to take the pills, set up a routine that helps them maintain that, and to go to any recommended therapy.
Foreboding · 31-35, M
Thank you, firefall. I think at first it was something I thought might go away with time but I realise now that this person needs help from the right people, and I want to make sure they get it for themself.