Hello all, well I'm not good at introducing these things so I'll just start :P

Well my mum had a nervous breakdown back in 2005, and a relapse in 2007/8, but she started to get better, however she told me she felt like she was slipping down but I really didn't want her to get so ill again so I pretended nothing was happening and just went about my daily life distracting myself. She would even say "I feel really depressed" and I would say "No you don't" which I admit shamefully. I just didn't want to go down this road again.

She went to the Doctors today and now she's off work for a few weeks which is a bad sign. Thankfully I don't have to look after my mum alone again, my 24 year old sister has come back home to live with us - not to look after my mum, another reason. But even when I think I should try and face facts, my brain is just like nope, not again and it's like I'm preventing myself unconciously to think about it. I hug my mum and do things for her but it all feels so distant.

I just wondered really anyone elses experiences with parents with depression and how you cope with it? Anything you can suggest to help my mother feel more comfortable?