Okay every pony, I need your help. A friend of mine just admited to me that he is depressed to near the point of suicide and I would like help in cheering him up. My problem comes with the fact that he isnt all that into ponies, so getting him to join a pony server or stream isnt an option. What I suggest is (when he's back online) going to his minecraft server, ustream page, or just sending him a friendly message over steam. If you'd like to stop by his MC server I can post the address and let you know when hes online so you can give him some uplifting words or perhaps we can throw him a surprize party on the server. You know, cheer him up pinkie pie style. Please let me know, and I'll begin setting things up. For now its 2:50 am and I need sleep. Please leave any comments or suggestions on how we can best cheer up my non-brony friend. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Hey man, I don't mean any malice in being harsh, but if someone is depressed to the point of suicide and your best suggestions involve watching cartoons and playing video games, you're really not taking this seriously enough. Suicidal depression isn't something that is remedied simply by strangers attempting to "cheer" someone up over the internet, while your friend is likely isolated on his computer. Find professional help for your friend quickly. Unless, of course, he isn't at such a mental state and you're just highly exaggerating something to be dramatic.
The feeling of isolation usually comes with depression. Do you know this guy IRL? Because it would be a lot better to get him out the house, and give him some face to face contact from time to time. You can't really just "cheer up" a depressed person, nothing like that will work. If you have Skype, or his phone number, give him a call from time to time. At least it's more realistic of you being there than when you send him a message on Steam. I wish you luck.
ok,heres one option to take: ask his friends and family why he started gting so depressed,and work with that,sometimes its an issue that they themselves dont ant to admit, but atm thats the best idea i can think of source:lets say i wasnt very happy a few yers ago
I understand every ones suggestions and thank you for them. But i've tried to get him some help, he refuses to accept any sort of help from me or any one else. I dont live close to him, so there isnt much else i can do for him other than talk to him. I should have mentioned this before but he's very shy IRL, he doesnt like to go anywhere or meet new people, and the whole reason hes depressed is because he doesnt have many friends online. But maybe you're all right, maybe the solution is to get him out of the house once in a while. Thank you all for the responces.
