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One of the worst aspects of depression is the tendency to withdraw and to be "unreachable" by the very people who want to help, or can help! There's a cultural tendency to avoid "interfering" and so family and friends might avoid making suggestions (or even demands) on the basis that the person will "come right". Or alternatively the depressed person might be assailed with well-meaning but pointless advice to "pull up his/her socks" or "look on the bright side" or whatever.