My friend is depressed no matter how I try to uplift her spirit

If she thinks that she is suffering from a depression then she is best off going to a doctor and see if she is right. From there he/she will tell your friend what to do, give her some advice and try to find the source of the problem. Dont worry she will find a way to see the bright side of life.

I think she still adjusting to her new environment. But shes lucky to have her family with her. And your doing your part as friend. Maybe it will help her if you can chat with her everyday, until she get over with her depression. She needs someone like you that could pacify and someone to talk with to release her depression. Be always there for her. I know she can get over it. It just need time. Goodluck

That made her really sick. Well you can help her by always talking to her and let her be happy of what the result why she is being there and need to work. Try to give her also some medication that can make her feel relax. Talk some inspiring words and stories that relieve her tension. This is just a simple advice that i know. But the best is be strong and have courage always pray. Takecare and have a nice day!

Depression is indeed an acceptably diagnosed and treatable condition. It is important that your friend seek professional help. Lamentably, friends and family often feel helpless and frustrated which does not help the sufferer. Perhaps finding support groups can provide answers to what you can do to help. Good Luck.

I know from personally from being depressed. That its a hard thing to overcome. Every now and then I still have down days. Anyways just keep talking to her. Even though she doesn't admit it she probably likes hearing from you. I would suggest you talk to her about either meds or seeing someone to talk to about her problems. I'm sure she does appreciate all your doing for her but depression is a hard thing to go through. I'm sure you just trying to talk to her helps her somedays. So just hang in there with her and assure her things will get better.

If your friend have a depression, she will have to search a doctor and, of course, a psycologist. A doctor because she need a medicine. The depression it's organic. Psycologist because probably she need help to support their problem about yourself. When someone is depressed, it's no use trying to help talk about good things and primarily speak that her life and try to put in a better posicion. This only makes things worse because the depressive all really feel quilty about being in that position.

It is very hard to get through a depression. I think the best way to start is first find out what her main issue is. Unless you yourself have actually gone through it you won't understand. Next this is stop saying you understand because as I said if you have not gone through it you wont understand. Ask her whether she is willing to talk. DO NOT FORCE HER to talk. When dealing with depressed people its best to do so with caution. When your depressed you dont have maximum control of your emotions, you think you could be helping her but she could be really pissed because you could be so talkative or etc. Telling her to count her blessings does not always work and could result in her backlashing. Just ask her if she wants to talk about it and probably help her come to a solution to how to fix her problem. Lastly just know when to back down. If you don't want her to lose all interest in you. BUT don't give up on her! Do your best. I wish you and her all the best!

This is the same thing that happened to my uncle when he went to Japan. I don't know, I guess it's just being homesick. We cannot blame them. If we put ourselves in their shoes, we might feel the same way. This is actually the main reason why I don't want to work abroad. My brother is already in Singapore and he's encouraging me almost every week to work there. I still say NO! I guess I just hate the feeling of leaving my family here. People say that you might get used to it, but I think I won't. As for the advise that you could give to your friend, unfortunately that's just not enough. I think constant communication will help her. Chat, email, or talk to her everyday until she forgets her depression. She might soon get used to it.

personally, a different environment is her source of depression.maybe you have a visit to her can help her.

well, you just have to continue being a supportive friend to her, keep on encouraging her and cheering her up. that's the extent of what you can do for her and just to pray that her spirits will be lifted up somehow. I know that we always want to help our friend in any way that we can, however, if the person herself refuse to help herself to eliminate negative feelings and sad thoughts, no amount of advices will matter...God bless you and your friend.

Good thing is that she has her family around her no matter what. On the other hand, you need to know what could be causing her depression before you will be able to help her well. It could be something else, maybe a part of her life that could be missing. Ask her what could make her happy. Once she finds out, encourage her to be brave enough to take chances and pursue whatever she wants to do with her life. She's lucky to have you my friend. You may think that your effort may not be enough to uplift her spirit, but I tell you, you're doing a great job as her friend.