Re:Ask HN: Best resources to support a partner with depression?
by tenfourwookie on Thursday August 05, 2021 @12:07AM
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Your depression is situational, so a change in situation helps.
Your partner’s depression sounds clinical, and that's a huge construct, not so easy to grapple, so many variations.
Thus your best bet is to ask your partner what you can do to help.
I get severe depressions. Each episode is days of torture. The word sadness as a description for depression should be banished. Sadness barely charts. All I can do is wait it out. There's nothing anyone can do to help, short of ECT.
Your partner’s depression sounds clinical, and that's a huge construct, not so easy to grapple, so many variations.
Thus your best bet is to ask your partner what you can do to help.
I get severe depressions. Each episode is days of torture. The word sadness as a description for depression should be banished. Sadness barely charts. All I can do is wait it out. There's nothing anyone can do to help, short of ECT.