Depression from the depression side that hopefully the worst is over......I realize that my family couldn't really "help" me & that it was something I had to deal with myself including my suicidal feelings & attempts that haunted me for years.

I appreciated them being there for me & visiting me when I was stuck in the hospital. They didn't cause the problem or my condition....it wasn't inherited nor was the tendancy toward it since it was no where in my past family history. It might have been helpful if they knew enough to point me in a direction & that I hadn't felt like I was going insane when it hit, but I had to live through it & had to straighten out my thinking on my own.....not something anyone else could do for me. All this crap hit me after the age of 40 including the anorexia.....go figure......where in my past could these things have been hiding.

My family was there for me & that was the best thing.....they couldn't figure out where my thinking came from either......but never seemed to hold it against me & I never held it against them.....which is probably the most important thing for those of us with depression.

Don't know if this is much help, but hope you can realize that his problems weren't caused by you, life can just take us into these feelings at times & it will be ok.

Debbie