I know it's hard on someone else. Let him know that. He can start to learn more about it as well...Psych Central has a good list of what others should not say to someone who is depressed (some say these things without really knowing better).
10 Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person | World of Psychology
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“A person is also mentally weak by the quantity of time he spends to sneak peek into others lives to devalue and degrade the quality of his own life.” Anuj Somany
“Psychotherapy works by going deep into the brain and its neurons and changing their structure by turning on the right genes. The talking cure works by "talking to neurons," and that an effective psychotherapist or psychoanalyst is a "microsurgeon of the mind" who helps patients make needed alterations in neuronal networks.” Norman Doidge
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