How can I help someone who is depressed
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How can I help someone who is depressed
| Thu, 04-22-2004 - 1:53pm |
if they don't want to talk? My SIL is depressed and doesn't even answer the phone anymore. She has isolated herself from everyone except her

Welcome, Karen!
Thanks Barbara. Actually it's my DH's brothers wife. We have wondered if she could be having hormone changes or something else going on. Apparently she won't see a Dr unless she is forced. And I don't see BIL doing that unless things get really bad. She has always been such a sweet person but I can understand how these things can upset her. I am just trying to be supportive to her and wish she'd talk to me more. I have emailed her some christian websites with words of inspiration and scriptures hoping she would get some help from them. I have encouraged her to send in a prayer request to the Joyce Meyer ministries. That way she can tell anything she wants to and know one else will know. I find it easier to come to a board like this and open up to people rather than my own family. That way gossip doesn't get spread. And I have found so many nice, understanding people on the Ivillage boards.