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How do I deal with a depressed parent who refuses to get help?
My mom has had struggled with mental health issues all her life.
Now that my sister is leaving the house just like I did a year ago, she had started to get more depressed again. She won't take her medication, blames how she feels on family members and my sister and me and is emotional all the time.
When we try to give her advice on what she can do to feel better, such as having some activities to do other than doing housework all day, she always finds an excuse to not do it, saying her life will get worse soon anyway.
She's already talking to a psychologist but is really good at hiding her feelings..
How can I still help her without letting it affect me or my sister too much?
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love and compassion / patience / acceptance
and then eventually self reflection
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She is resisting because she doesn't want to admit to herself that it is an issue. She probably tells herself she's handling life just fine. Try to give her a goal, something to do, something to accomplish, so that she feels life has meaning.
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