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Direction?
I have a friend who is pretty depressed, and can't seem to find out what he wants to do with his life. I know a number of people feel that same way, including myself, but I'm counting on college for that direction.
The problem is my friend lives a thousand miles from any us (his friends), and has a rather unsupportive home situation. His mother allows him to do anything, including dropping out of high school. His father is far too overbearing for him to live with. So when his father told him he'd have to get a job or get out, he went to his mother's house. So now he's thousands of miles away from everyone he knows, can't or won't get a job, and is very depressed and can't figure out what to do with his life.
He's already gotten his G.E.D, but then dropped out of Community College. Its obvious he's depressed, but his mother won't make him take pills and his father sees him as using depression as a crutch. (I wish I could tell his father that depression is what's crippling him and that as a father he needs to be the crutch, but that's neither here nor there) What I really would like is some advice on how to encourage him to figure out what he wants to do, and what exactly he should do to find out what it is he should try or do to figure out what path he should start down in his life. Thanks for helping a friend who's all out of ideas.
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