hello friends! recently someone close to me opened up about their history with depression and i really fucked it up. i said some pretty ignorant things and they seemed frustrated afterwards.

after this i spent alot of time researching what depression is REALLY like and how to deal with it, as i really dont want to mess up such an important thing again. heres a short list of what ive learned:

- people without depression cant ever know what its like

- its not my job to "fix" them, just support them

- there doesnt need to be a reason, its possible they just feel that way with no exact cause

- being depressed isnt just sadness, it can make doing anything brutally difficult and getting through the day is hard enough

although this could all be wrong, so thats why im here. does this list sound accurate? what would you remove or add from it? at your lowest points how would you want someone to support you?

sorry if  this isnt the most well formatted, its my first post