LibraryScenariosSupporting a friend with depression while protecting your own needs
Scenario

Supporting a friend with depression while protecting your own needs

My close friend keeps canceling plans at the last minute because of their depression, and I want to be supportive but I'm starting to feel resentful and then guilty about feeling resentful — and we've never actually talked directly about what's happening or what we both need.

Rabia
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to be unconditionally supportive can prevent us from having the honest conversations that create sustainable care.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Islamic ummah and global community?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.