How to Help Someone with Depression. Today, a friend confided in me that her son has been diagnosed with clinical depression. It is a great honor that this friend trusts me with this information. We all come to mental illness with many ideas of what such a diagnosis means, and we all have to recognize that many of our ideas are true and some are not.

Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it? 8211; Richard Siken. There is no reason for your flame to flutter around me anymore. My darkness pervades and engulfs everything with it. There may have been a warning about that, a sudden quivering of my lip, a missing flicker in my eyes, an open fire of accusations, incendiary performances like a portent of wildfires to come. Then again, when I look at tiny candles burnin.

Winning the Daily Battle Against the Darkness. The Top Reasons for This Blog. I thought this was worthy of re-post, from Annie at gentlekindnessblog. Thank you Annie for sharing this info. Originally posted on Gentle Kindness. If you know someone that has some of these warning signs, please pay attention to them. If you are unaware of resources for help or what to do send me a note in the comment section below. A wonderfully bubbly woman when I was a.