Just adding to my previous post. (Again may not apply to you).
You may wonder why his friends didn’t catch on that he wasn’t going to classes etc. This is common.
A depressed person may be very “up” for friends and act normal and never let on that there is a problem. It takes a lot of their internal resources and energy to do that. Then they collapse on you where they feel safer. Same thing happens when they are at home–want to go out with friends (parents say YEA! kid is getting better…). But they aren’t better–it’s a use of energy reserves. That’s the rollercoaster.
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