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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- I'm leaning towards having him take a semester or year off. I think he may want that also. He's been living by himself in an apartment at school and next year he's supposed to live in a group house. I'm thinking of letting him stay in the group house and just work or work and take one class. I don't think he'll be happy at home. His school won't let him take classes at another school except in the summer, so he wouldn't be able to take classes at a cc. I just worry about him getting more depressed but at some point he needs to figure this out himself. [/quote]

Please be careful with this. My housemate in college had uncontrolled depression. She went home for a semester, but then came back to live with us. She wasn't enrolled in classes and was supposedly working, but she rarely left her room and never left the house. It was a huge responsibility for us to feel like we had to supervise her recovery and I don't think it did her any favors either.

I don't know what your solution is, but sending him back to his college town, even if not taking classes, before his depression is under control, is potentially a bad idea.[/quote]

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