MY BEST FRIEND IS DEPRESSED

 

The day before yesterday I heard that my best friend was hospitalised due to depression. The day she went to hospital her gran passed away. She could not have been sadder.

 

About a year ago we left each other for different high schools. I missed her very much and she missed me too. On Saturday evenings we never failed to meet each other for a meal at a nice restaurant. At the get-togethers we talked about our new school lives. I found she did not like her new school very much and that she could not get on well with her new classmates. I could not figure it out since she used to be an outgoing girl. She said that in the new school she felt lonely and that she often went to dinner with no one. I did not know how to help her, so I just encouraged her to be happy and to make friends as she did in middle school.

 

Now my best friend is in hospital. I know she must be sad, very sad, but still there is very little I can do for her. I simply tell her in a text, “I know I cannot do anything to help you, but remember, I’m here for you forever.”