Recently my really close friend confessed to me while she was drunk that she has depression, and that she has been seeing a psychologist/therapist (I'm not really sure which), but that it's not helping at all. My friend is one of the most caring and kind and smart people I've met, she gets good grades and has an amazing boyfriend and friends apart from me who all love her. Despite all this I always could tell she wasn't feeling 100%, and sometimes she would have breakdowns during school and I'd spend an hour or two with her trying to help in any way I could, however she never told me what was up until now. I'm not sure the details about why she has depression, and I guess sometimes it's really difficult to explain those things anyway, but I just really want to help her and I'm not sure how to go about it. I've done some research and I came across this forum thing, and thought it was worth a shot. At the time she told me about her depression I tried my best to reassure her that she's an amazing person and that we all love her etc, but I was hoping someone on here would have some tips or at least some advice on how to go about supporting my friend.
I just feel so helpless in this situation because I don't know what to do, any advice would be really appreciated.
