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[quote=Anonymous]OP, sorry to hear this. I also had an adult sister who went through a major depressive episode and it was I credibly difficult. I also went through a year of depression a couple decades ago and similar to your sister, I would sit silently for many hours. I had poverty of thought, I didn't know what to think about or say, my mind was very blank. I also felt robotic and awkward and very disconnected, as though my body and mind were not my own and I wasn't sure how to make them work properly. So someone would be talking and I wouldn't be able to really formulate a response. I also found I could sit for hours doing nothing, and it would be 6 hours later and I wouldn't have moved or even really thought of anything. I just existed as a shell.

There are often NAMI chapters you can get in touch with who can provide guidance and support to families.

That is great that she is seeing a therapist. A definite positive that she is maintaining that connection.

Would she be willing to let you all clean up the house? It can be so overwhelming to do that and a chaotic overwhelming living space and really add to people's sense of being stuck and not able to function.

Keep in contact, even if you get little response, be it things in the mail, letters, emails, Facebook, texts. It will be one sided but still good. Have you has the conversation about how worried you are about her with her?[/quote]

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