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<blockquote data-quote="rstefanussen" data-source="post: 462437" data-attributes="member: 92955"><p>Hello, all! My brother was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes four years ago and has been massively depressed ever since. It's such a painful process to watch; I don't know how to be supportive or what to say, I feel as if I annoy him every time I try to say something encouraging, yet can't really sit in silence with him. It's gotten to the point where he insists that he wants to die and openly says that to the family every time we see him. I don't know what to do, and I don't know why his condition has driven him to the brink of suicide when others seem to be able to manage it. </p><p></p><p>How can family members best support diabetics, especially when their condition is resulting in severe depression?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rstefanussen, post: 462437, member: 92955"] Hello, all! My brother was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes four years ago and has been massively depressed ever since. It's such a painful process to watch; I don't know how to be supportive or what to say, I feel as if I annoy him every time I try to say something encouraging, yet can't really sit in silence with him. It's gotten to the point where he insists that he wants to die and openly says that to the family every time we see him. I don't know what to do, and I don't know why his condition has driven him to the brink of suicide when others seem to be able to manage it. How can family members best support diabetics, especially when their condition is resulting in severe depression? [/QUOTE]
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