Talking to family with depression while depressed.
It's fair to sat depression runs in my family. Both my parents were on antidepressants for years, my grandmothers were as well, my great grandparents were all alcoholics and as far as I understand it was probably the closest thing they had to an antidepressant back then.
I dip into depression very easily. All it takes for me is to read an article that hits too close to home or to say the wrong thing and my day is ruined. I spend a lot of time depressed, but that's usually fine because my family(husband and kids) don't really notice or appear affected by it as long as life keeps moving on.
However now my mother lives with me, and she is extremely depressed and I always say the wrong thing to her and send her spiraling and I just want to know how I can relate in a healthy way with others without triggering their own issues. Any thoughts?