How to Support a Loved One with Depression

Watching someone you care about go through depression can be devastating. Obviously, we don't like to see the people we care about suffering from something we can't help them with. Depression is particularly difficult because it can be hard to understand why they can't just "snap out of it." But depression is not just feeling sad or blue; depression is a severe mood disorder which may or may not affect the way that people function in their daily life. Here are some do's and don'ts for dealing with a loved one's depression.