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It's obvious that FiP has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to this subject so I'm going to ignore his responses as they are not relevant.

Hi Phoenix,

Don't dismiss FiP quite so quickly. In essense he his right although maybe it can be expressed in a different manner.

In my view situations like these are based on low self esteem . i.e. childish behaviour. The way out is build that self esteem so one can negotiate life without worrying to much about what others say or do. Having said that, it's not such an easy thing to do especially if the depression you describe is clinically based.

So, the first thing to do is for your friend to see a good Doctor who can then point her in the right direction. Either the treatment of the physical symptons or the low self esteem.

Either way, it is up to her, if she is not willing to take that first step then there is not much you can do