A friend of mine had a partner who was depressed. He went to every professional under the sun and it only got worse. In the end she was sitting all day watching

A friend of mine had a partner who was depressed. He went to every professional under the sun and it only got worse. In the end she was sitting all day watching TV with him taking care of the entire household. You know what worked? When he finally gave up. He stopped catering to her, bringing her food. He started going out with friends and basically ignored her depression. She didn't eat for a day and implied suicide the next. He told her to deal with it, because he wasn't going to any more. Within a day she was up and about. Sometimes depressed people need a serious reality check to bring them back. Enabling their depression doesn't seem to help long term. Since seeing this I am also really wary of Professional therapists, after all, it's in their interest for the person to remain depressed.