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Viliam comments on Find someone to talk to thread - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: hg00 26 September 2015 10:24PM

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Comment author: Viliam 28 September 2015 07:47:19AM 0 points [-]

Doesn't it also happen in the opposite direction? The depressed person suddenly saying "I don't want to talk about it anymore" exactly at the moment you feel there might be a solution for them? Maybe the commitment for N sessions should be for both sides.

Comment author: ChristianKl 30 September 2015 02:15:56PM 3 points [-]

I don't think that it's helpful when a depressed person feels like they are forced by a commitment to have the conversation.