how do I help support my lovely friend?

[ByThePowerOfGreyskull]

she is in a difficult situation with her relationship, it is a combination of alot of things but as a result she is very very sad, her ups are fabulous and her downs are a very dark place.
I have talked to her this morning about going to the GP to ask for some support, both her and her partner are fabulous people and they have a beautiful son but they can't see the wood for the trees to work out how to move forward either together or apart.
She has previously been on antidepressants and it helped with her swinging from high to low.

I want to be honest with her about how I feel but I want her to feel she can talk without me judging, and I am really (for once!) not at all.

Is it possible to sort out a relationship when you are in a cloud of depression?

If depressed, I don't think you can 'sort' out any issues within a relationship.She really needs to get back onto antidepressants if she is clinically depressed,once her moods have settled into normality,then she will have clarity on what she wants.
Just keep listening.

thanks poshwellies,
I think the hard thing is the cycle of if she is depressed because the relationship isn't right or the relationship isn't right because she is depressed.. IYKWIM

Yeah,it's a chicken and egg situation.
I think the antidepressants will help her whether she has naturally become depressed or her relationship has triggered it (counselling will help too).When you are depressed it's hard to see any light,and you do get very self absorbed and everybody else is in the wrong.
Getting mentally better will help her whatever the situation.