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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have struggled with depression for 20 years. I'm doing okay right now, but I have had extremely dark times where I had frequent thoughts of suicide and felt daily that I had no worth as a person and it would be better for my loved ones if I was no longer around. Even when I knew I needed to tell someone about it, it was extremely hard to do so. And when I did, there were occasions when the person I was talking to could not hear me. The vast majority of people I interacted with, including all coworkers and most of my friends and family, had no idea how hard I was struggling. Even the people who knew I was depressed or getting treatment didn't really know how bad it was.

It is the loneliest thing. It must have been so hard for your friend to open up to you. I hope you treat her with kindness.[/quote]

OP here, so very sorry to hear of your struggle. Though I have not personally had depressive episodes, I have certainty had immense sadness ( a child with mental health issues which will be lifelong). Hope you are doing better. Yes, absolutely treating her with the utmost kindness, was happy she agreed to allow me to take her out this weekend for a day trip. I thought it would be good for her before she leaves next week. I am centering the day totally around what she loves to do and it will be far away from where we could bump into people we know as she said she is trying to avoid seeing people right now.

I adore her and her struggle has really shaken me, to see someone who  I thought had it all in such a vulnerable position not only makes me sad but I feel compelled to help her in any way that I can. I came on here mostly to say, the adage "you never know what someone is going through" played out in real life for me. I know that I will certainly move forward in being kinder to everyone, because you really never know.[/quote]

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