Help Me Help Them

I'm a 32 yr old female,,I have been married to a wonderful man for 16 great yrs,well they were great until he slipped in to a depreesion about 7 yrs ago,but my love was stronger than his illness so we made it thru to the other side and found our great life once again..My reason for being here today is because my 30 yr old brother has now slipped into a depression and I know alot about his side and what he's going thru,,having lived it with my husband,,but his depression has caused him to leave his wife of 9 yrs and come back 6 times in the last few months,I have figured hisw cycles to be every 4-6 weeks and he has left home and ended up with another woman all 6 times and it was the same woman and his wife,is having a hard time understanding and believing that he is really in a state of depression and that this is just another way to try and get her back,,but I promise you that this is no joke,this past saturday,he hit rock bottom and if my husband and I had not showed up when we did,,he was on the edge of suicide,but we managed to get him talked down from it and he now has an appt. to get help and my husband and I are staying close and helping until his appt.,,but we can't get her to believe that what is wrong with him is not being made up,,can you help me to help her understand and believe in the facts of depression??????PLEASE HELP ME TO HELP HER

How can we help you exactly...?

Umm, get her to read booklets on depression. When people don't know about something they start making thir own ideas about it and if that person is stubborn they will not even attempt to see differently. Hopefully your brother's wife is not stubborn.


Still, the cheating is unforgiveable in my view.