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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Same thing happened to me when I was in college. Roommate was actually admitted to the psych dept at the hospital and then released to come back to our college house with me and my other roommates, with the blessing of the parents, doctors, etc. It was INCREDIBLY stressful for everyone involved, during an already stressful time in our young adult lives (junior year of college). [/quote]

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