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One of my nephews has been diagnosed with depression and my brother has asked all the family to help.
My question is: Would you want someone texting you everyday to ask how you are?? or would you do it so often? I don't want to depress my nephew even more.
My question is: Would you want someone texting you everyday to ask how you are?? or would you do it so often? I don't want to depress my nephew even more.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Perhaps you could ask your nephew -- it's generally important to let him guide the help he gets, what form it takes, how, etc.
I'd probably go for every so often, especially considering that all of the family may be helping in one way or another. But regardless of what you all decide, best wishes to him and hope he gets the help he needs. Clearly, could not have asked for a kinder family and aunt :)
I'd probably go for every so often, especially considering that all of the family may be helping in one way or another. But regardless of what you all decide, best wishes to him and hope he gets the help he needs. Clearly, could not have asked for a kinder family and aunt :)
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An awful condition that affects each individual differently. Some days I want to be totally alone but then get worse because no one is contacting me.
My advice would be to try and speak to him. If not possible then email.
Tell him you love him, don’t want to pressure him and that he can contact you ANY time. But also stress that you will contact him regularly and that he is allowed to just grunt at you.
My very best wishes
My advice would be to try and speak to him. If not possible then email.
Tell him you love him, don’t want to pressure him and that he can contact you ANY time. But also stress that you will contact him regularly and that he is allowed to just grunt at you.
My very best wishes
I should add my voice to the general call that if his depression can be so easily tracked to a single obvious source, ie promotion to a job he hates, then it's important to address that directly. I am not sure if that means asking to be moved back down or just moving on, but either way he clearly shouldn't stay in that job for much longer.
Thanks for all your replies. Nephew has been signed off for 3 months. He applied for said job and got promotion which seems to have been a bad move for him. He is giving up the job completely and the company he works for.
Our next goal is to lift him from this depression. He refuses to talk at the moment so we are giving him time and not keeping on at him.
Our next goal is to lift him from this depression. He refuses to talk at the moment so we are giving him time and not keeping on at him.