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Originally Posted by activeStick
My ex has depression and she also saw a therapist every week. Do some research on depression and specifically, supporting someone that lives with depression and try some of the things you learn. Considering she's been seeing a therapist for a while now but only just told you, it might be a bit of an embarrassing thing for her, so hopefully you acknowledged to her how much it means to you that she opened up to you and let her know that whenever she wants, she should know that she can talk to you as well. In my experience, my ex was very open and keen on telling me about her sessions with her therapist and told me it helped her when she'd come home and discuss it with me. I refrained from giving advice when she told me about her sessions since I'm not an expert. My role during the chats were to listen. Not sure if that's the right approach.
This is probably obvious, but know that being with someone who has depression brings a very different dynamic to a relationship. Requires extra patience and the ability to cope with unexpected things that will happen. Best of luck to you and your girlfriend!
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Thanks, that's some good advice from someone whose been in this same scenario! She did say she was embarassed about the therapy, but I expressed to her how important I thought it was and thanked her for telling me. I was actually thinking I should suggest it before she told me.
That's interesting, I never thought of discussing the sessions with her, I will see if that's something she'd be interested in. And I would also just listen. Thanks alot for the post!