So one of my friends has been mildly to severly depressed over the last four years or so, and even after being put on mood stabalizers or antidepressants, he's still a very grim individual, and every time we hang out it feels like one of those meetings for cancer survivors or something where the leader says stuff like, "it's okay. This is a safe place to cry," and where grown men hug and weep on each other's shoulders. It's just too much for me after about 5 times of it in a row. More than that, a lot of his problems have been brought on by his own actions; it's as if he tries to make his life miserable. I've tried to be there for him and everything, but he just keeps digging himself a deeper hole, and I kind of didn't respond last time he wanted to hang out. I feel bad about it, but I just don't know what to do, and hanging out with him is always so depressing and frustrating.
Anyone been there? What can I do?