This  links to a practical, useful post with specific suggestions for understanding depression and how to help your partner heal.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/02/26/is-your-partner-depressed/
And this links to a more complex, longer discussion of relationships , not a simple “self-help” list of Do and Don’t :Â Â Peter Kramer -Â Should You Leave: Â Intimacy, Autonomy & the Nature of Advise
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