Posted by Miss Honeychurch on August 27, 2004, at 14:22:01
I have a friend who I'm pretty sure is severly depressed. She had been taking care of terminally ill parents for the last year and they both died last spring. She cannot sleep, she tells me she thinks she has PTSD and she also says she knows she is depressed. She no longer takes pleasure in anything she used to love to do. And she totally overschedules herself. I have advised her plenty of times to get help, even offering her my T's number. She has seen how well I have done, wouldn't she want the same for herself?
So yesterday out of the blue she emails me a very bizarre question, something which she has been feeling about me lately. It was almost an accusation. I of course reassured her that her observation was not true. I then emailed back and asked if she was still depressed, that I had sensed she was not her usual self. She never responded and has been acting as if I never asked the question.
The girl needs help. But all she thinks she needs is a week at the beach. The situation is so frustrating since it is obvious to me and others that she is really depressed (and has been I would say for over a year).
Can I do any more than I have????
poster:Miss Honeychurch
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