My girlfriend(25) is depressed i tried everything to make her feel better but nothing works what should i do please help me

Hi .

sorry about your friend. we're on the same boat in that part lost my best friend at the start of the year and it made me hopeless and with no motivation but with different and new hobbies and talking to a professional i got better it has now been 9 months ever since she passed away .

the difference between my recovery and my girlfriends is that i tried helping myself and it wasn't all my girlfriend helping me i booked myself therapy and did everything I could for myself.

i was hoping when my partner got depressed she would follow the same route but she didn't she is way more depressed for less important reasons .

she stopped taking birth control so maybe that might be the case . I'm trying to be as supportive as i can but i think therapy is essential for this kind of situation and every day I'm trying to plant the idea in her head . hope she starts listening to me one day .

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