Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast. I'm your co-host, Christina Dodson. This is an Ask

Dr. Kim segment where people submit their questions for Dr. Kim Kim, and he answers them.

Thanks for listening.

Today on the Ask Dr. Kim segment, the question that we're answering is, how can I support

my son of house who is struggling with depression? So very difficult question.

Depression is very, very hard thing to walk through. And it's hard to know how to support someone

walking through divorce. So Dr. Kim, what are some of the best ways someone can support their spouse

that is struggling with depression? Yeah, and I think it's a lot more common than probably

realize. And I think with men, especially,

sometimes we're slow to admit that we're depressed and sometimes we act out a little different in

depression. But I think it's something that I know a lot of couples struggle with. I mean,

we've dealt with it on both sides. Nancy's had a series season of depression and I did. And so I think

it's helped me. I think God does that in my life

to be compassionate, understand people as they go through it. But I think of, so if your spouse is

struggling with depression, I think coming alongside them is the most important thing, being

compassionate for them, empathizing as much as you can with them, you know, trying to,

you know, when someone's depressed, it's hard to understand how down they can be and how

bleak life can look. And, and, you know, I just remember a time when I was in it and it was a

Saturday and Nant to one meet. She kind of pushed me to do something with she and my daughter. And I did. And it was, it was a Saturday and Nantuan meet. She kind of pushed me to do something with

she and my daughter. And I did and it was great, but I can just remember like I was just walking

through a fog that whole night. And so it's tough. But encouragement, you know, helps a lot.

You know, Nancy would say, hey, you know, this is going to end. You're going to, you know,

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