depressed girlfriend<-- need help

[proctorninja2]

I want to thank you all, this is really great advice and ill just try to keep an eye on her and not smother her

 

[Angie7F]

I know that when you are depressed you feel like you are a broken dysfunctional person not worth living.
So I think it helps if you don't say stuff like you are sick, and you will feel better.
I felt comments like that made me feel guilty about being depressed.

Just try to be patient with her when she is feeling down.
Give her space of she needs space, cuddle her if she wants cuddles.

Let her recover at her own pace

 

[renegade7]

Loathe how people treat depression like it isn't normal. I get fucking depressed all the time and I am not going to a counselor for a basic human emotion. let her deal with it on her own terms. Let her figure it out and for the love of god, don't make her feel weird. I think it will eventually go away like it usually does for most people. Goes on a depression rant, look somewhere else for happiness. All choices in life don't have to be really that difficult. Now if she stays depressed for years on end, then you either adapt or die. There are some people that see the world in a negative light and you need to accept that without shoving pills down their throat.

Well there is a difference between 'being depressed' (an emotion) and clinical depression (which is due to a chemical imbalance). Clinical depression can last for years, and it does sometimes need medication to correct the chemical problems. Medication used to involve 'happy pills' but since those are addictive real medication is becoming more common, ie meds that correct the brain chemistry problem rather than add endorphins and such. I do think it's overdiagnosed though, especially in teenagers. News flash: young people can sometimes be moody.


BAck on topic, only advice I can really give is to be there for her. Don't smother her though, just be a good BF and stuff. Other than that without knowing the details of her life I can't really give any sort of specific advice, all sorts of things for someone to be depressed about.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I think it differs for each person. Some might wanna fight it alone, some might need another person to help them through.
Support her all you can, if she seems like she's pushing you away then respect that and let her battle it on her own, but let her know you'll always be there for here.
I'm so fucking depressed at the minute and absolutely no one gives a fuck, it makes me feel worse. She's lucky you're looking out for her.

 

[RipperjackAU]

How about a good, hard shag?