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Be Not Afraid DespairChapter DespairWhile some people appear to sail through life, othersseem to slog wearily from one struggle to the next. Wemay never know why this is so, but that is no reason topretend it doesn’t happen.Often we shy away from talking openly with atroubled person, thinking that our concern might beinterpreted as interference, or that it might push himor her closer to the edge. In my encounters with suicidaldepression, however, I have found the opposite to betrue: people afflicted by it usually have a desperateneed to speak openly about their thoughts. Tragically,they often don’t, because they fear a breezy responsealong the lines of “Cheer up; you’ll soon get over it.”Every situation is unique, and it’s impossible toanticipate the best way of responding to a person whois depressed. Ultimately, however, words alone cannotsave a person. They must be accompanied by the steadysupport of a loving relationship whereby we can, as the