I need some help. Our twenty-year-old is suffering from depression. He has had no success with medication so far and hasn’t found a therapist that works for him. I feel like he is looking for a silver bullet and is increasingly despondent about it. We talk to him about the importance of sleep, food, hydration and exercise but he can’t break out of his funk to focus on any of those. We keep reminding him but are wary of going too far and him tuning us out altogether.
I feel like we need to find the right person or support to get him turned around but also to help us figure out how we can help more effectively. Obviously we can’t be in his sessions but I’m wondering if family counselling would also help. I feel helpless on the sidelines but don’t want to overstep either.
Has anyone else dealt with this?
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