It's been nine months since she said she needed help, but she just won't take the step to get it. There is, of course, a fine line between supporting a partner and dominating her; between showing respect for an illness and disrespect for a fellow adult; between supporting a partner and taking on a dependent. If she is in fact diagnosed with depression, she’s fighting with and growing apart from herself. And, there could be relationship problems overtaken by, masked by, or even responsible for the depression, problems you’d still need to face when she’s better. The one way to guarantee it won’t end well is to substitute judging, expecting, hoping or assuming for actually seeing.

Source: Washington Post December 30, 2020 04:52 UTC