dear Amberx, I am pleased that he has decided to go to counselling, but sometimes this said only to keep the heat off him, but in any case it's a decision which he has changed, so this is good news.
If you click onto 'Resources' at the top of this page there will a link where you can 'order all the printed material' from BB which has a great deal of information on all types of depression so the range is rather wide spread, it's all free, but worth every page or as they say 'worth every cent'.
When ever a new relationship begins, we live on cloud 9, so the euphoria is magic and there's not much that can beat this, so what happens is that any problems we have are minimized or forgotten about, but as time progresses it begins to appear due to no fault from anybody, but in turn he may feel uncomfortable that he is starting to feel it return.
It seems as though you are his strength if he doesn't talk to his mates, so at the moment you are his true friend, but prepare yourself if he doesn't go or want to go to his psych, because this normally happens.
Overcoming denial is the first step before any help can be achieved.
Let us know how he and you are going. L Geoff. x
