Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
Friend told me this morning he has severe depression. Waking up in the middle of the night in pain, all sorts of other shit. He told his mum last night (was seeing a doctor/CBT person on the sly before), and then told me this morning - even though we're not really long, long term close mates - because I'll 'understand' and his other friends won't. Knocked me back a bit. Anyway, we had a chat about how he was feeling, and I said he could always talk to me whenever he needed / ask me to help him with anything practical, but that aside, is there anything I should be doing?