Sometimes the best thing that people can say is NOTHING. And just listen. Few people though seem to have the discipline to really sit there quiet and really be there for someone. They just have to break the silence and say something, and it is usually some variation of something on the "don't" list. I get really tired of hearing that there is always someone worse off. It's not a contest. And some version of "cheer up" or "snap out of it". And the criticism of having to take meds and therapy, like that's how I really want to spend hundreds of dollars a month. I have been dealing with this illness in varying degrees for decades now. I am not going to just "snap out of it".