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What I'd Say to a Friend

Phyllis:

"After a friend of mine was diagnosed, I would I think have to encourage her to seek treatment, to stay with the treatment, and to feel that she could talk to me or talk to someone else, that sometimes when you really feel rotten you want to talk about it, and I think I would encourage her to do that, and I would also let her know that depression is not like a cold. You don't have it for four days and then it goes away."

Mark:

"If someone had just come to me and said they had been diagnosed with depression, I would really want them to know that there is a way out, that they can be helped, they can get better, that they should avail themselves to all of the options of treatment including therapy, get plenty of exercise, eat well, surround themselves by supportive people, and keep on keeping on."