The most helpful thing a person has said to me....

I don't know what to say, but I'm here to listen if you want to talk. If you don't feel like talking, would it be okay to just sit with you?

That really helped me... Sometimes when people try to "fix it" ...they tend to lose the point.

"...words can't help at all. It's just the sound of another human voice that makes the only difference. There's nothing you're going to say that's going to make any body happy when they're feeling ******..." (Revenge of the Lawn, Richard Brautigan