Have you watched Six Feet Under ? It ' s amazing . Also The Leftovers . <| sep |> I think the important thing is that you show it just by being there . The oddest part about my own symptoms is that when I ' m depressed especially , I ' m dying for company , but every time someone tries to come close and be there , I immediately push them away and hide out alone . It ' s important to remember that it ' s not you she ' s pushing away . She wants your support . I promise you , it ' s the nature of the disease that we push those who care the most about us away even as we crave their support . Sometimes the best thing you can do is just be there in person , offer your support and say nothing more . The more you try to pull someone out of bipolar depression , the more deeply we sink into it . And sometimes you have to understand that being completely alone is the only way we know how to deal with it . And when she ' s ready , she ' ll come back to you . There ' s a lot of shame involved in bipolar depression . That shame often keeps us from sharing the burden with our loved ones . Like I said , be there in person , offer your support and then give her the space she needs to decide what she wants . Always make it about her . She ' s more likely to withdraw into herself if she think it ' s about you .