I know the title sounds bad and you shouldn't label someone as "depressed".
My older sister is struggling with depression, just dropped out of uni. I kind of want to get her something significant, or something that will help. She's on anti depressants which is tackling the biological side of the illness, but there must be something I can get her to give her a brighter outlook on life?
I was tempted by "The art of happiness" by the Dalai Lama, which I read bits of at a friend's house. But is that really insensitive? It's almost saying, here, have a book that might make you happy.
This sounds bad too but you know all those internet blogs that say "10 things you should never say/do to someone with depression". My automatic instinct is to do all those things. I want to show her how fantastic life is but everyone says that's unsympathetic and you don't understaaand.
So yeah, since a fair few of you in this forum probably have experienced depressed at some stage, what should I get her? She's talking about getting back into knitting so I was tempted by a big bumper bible book of knitting.
Any ideas at all would be fab. I just want to help her.