Good to hear Kathy ! You and Jim did the right thing in helping her and motivating her. And good for you also Evie for making the efforts you needed to make :)

Actually this is something I wonder about. My reasoning is this "When the person is suffering and goes deep in a depression state, isn't it better for their loved ones to try to push them out of this state ?" Since the sufferer doesn't want to do anything anymore, and can't think clearly for himself, isn't it up to us to slowly make them want to start "living" again ? instead of just waiting for them to come "out of it "? I always fear that just waiting could do more damage.

I often wonder about this, since I have read that at times it is better to leave them alone and not push ! I try to "push" my bf but always in a "good" way, I am never nasty with him and when he tells me "I can't talk about it" I let him be.