I Need Help
How do you help someone with severe clinical depression when you're part of the problem it exists in the first place?
31-35, M
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Foreboding · 31-35, M
This person has never said that I'm part of the problem. I don't have the emotional maturity or basic understanding of compassion to be able to be there properly when they need to open up. I always say that I'm there when they need me, yet when the opportunity arises I fail somehow.
I know that I am simply a part of the puzzle in the grand scheme of things, but I feel responsible, and I want to help.
I know that I am simply a part of the puzzle in the grand scheme of things, but I feel responsible, and I want to help.
SW-User
@Foreboding: ask them what they need
Do practical things with them
Don't expect anything, just sit with them
Have tea
Play cards
Let them know you are there
Do practical things with them
Don't expect anything, just sit with them
Have tea
Play cards
Let them know you are there
Foreboding · 31-35, M
@InOtterWords: Oh Christ, that solution opens up a whole other can of worms entirely, but I think that's best saved for another story.
You're right, a physical reassuring presence is needed without any pressure from either side. Thank you!
PS - your username = Genius.
You're right, a physical reassuring presence is needed without any pressure from either side. Thank you!
PS - your username = Genius.