melalthia
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- Feb 10, 2010
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- Loved one DX
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- Boulder Creek
Anyone have any good tips on how to deal with your pals depression if they are refusing any sort of medication? My mom moved into the appartment a few weeks ago and she's sooooo depressed. A move is a transition for anyone.. so its not surprising that she's having a hard time. The appartment we moved her into doesn't get as much light as her little house did.. and she definitely has less space. But everything i go visit her she breaks down how she "can't do this and how she's a freak." But when i suggest counseling or support groups she refuses. She doesn't want anybody to see her like she is. It's so heartbreaking. For the longest time my mom would talk about her dream of traveling.. like going to Europe or her father's homeland Latvia. And when we first started getting her tested the family came together and pooled our resources so she could do it! But now she barely brings it up.. and instead of planning a trip she spends her time planning on how she can spend the little disability money she has on reupholstering her couches. Honestly, i don't care what she spends her money on... but i'm so worried that her depression is going to be the thing that speeds the symptoms along. She has completely isolated herself.
So what should i do? I keep coming up with plans of taking her out/ inviting her to with us to kid events/etc.. but she and i are such different kinds of people. I say the wrong thing and it ends up blowing up. Should i just stop trying? ugh. I feel so helpless.
So what should i do? I keep coming up with plans of taking her out/ inviting her to with us to kid events/etc.. but she and i are such different kinds of people. I say the wrong thing and it ends up blowing up. Should i just stop trying? ugh. I feel so helpless.