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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is struggling with situational depression. She’s very sad and sometimes has passive suicidal thoughts, and the reason feels “small,” which makes her feel guilty for feeling this way. She’s had many real losses in life already and has done grief support groups, so she keeps comparing herself to people going through objectively devastating things and feels ashamed that she’s this depressed over being single and wanting a partner so badly. She also feels guilty because she knows there are people grieving loved ones who desperately wanted to live, while she sometimes feels the opposite.

She’s still functioning and not in immediate danger, and says she would never do anything, but I’m still worried because she feels very hopeless and lonely underneath it all.

This doesn’t really feel like a meds situation so much as a loneliness/situational issue. I’d really appreciate any books, podcasts, support groups, online & in person resources, etc. that helped you or someone you know with loneliness, hopelessness around relationships, or situational depression.
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