I am the mother of a beautiful and smart 20 year old daughter who has suffered from depression since the 5th grade. She is living away from home and attends college in a state that is 8 hours away from us. She is increasingly sad and lonely and has made just abut every attempt known to man to meet people on her college campus, with no luck.

She returned to college only to find that her best friend now has a boyfriend and said friend has taken the stance of "you are not a friend of mine because I no longer need you!" This has had devastating effects on our daughter. She had tried to join clubs (no one is loooking to meet friends in business clubs, only to pad their resume) and bless her heart she returns week after week and is ignored by all of the sorority types that dwell in these clubs. She was super excited to discover (as we were, her very concerned parents) the Transfer Student Club, well she was the 1 and only person that showed up!

She has gone from being a person that had hopes and dreams for this her junior year in college to being a girls that sits home alone whenever she is NOT in class. She had been promised by her friend that they along with her friends groups of friends would attend the games on campus. Our daguhter took her at her word and we purchased 100's of dollars worth of sporting events tickets that will now go unused! Her friend does attend these events with others and is kind enough to rub it in our daughters face! Why are people so mean? This only makes matter worse!

We live far away and try to be as supportive as possible, meanwhile I am sick inside all of the time. I fear for us getting a really, really bad phone call. Our daughter insisted on going to college in another state, she felt she needed the growth of being independant. He dad and I agreed, we are now thinking we need to bring her home, we need to know that she is safe!

Our daughter has always said that she would rather be dead, her life has no purpose! As a parent that is one of the most devastating things you can ever hear! This is one of the most beautiful people you will ever meet and for some reason she can not meet people! She is wickedly funny, sarcastic and very, very beautiful (won a moedeling contract in New York City when younger), from the outside view she seems to have everything going on. on the inide she feels that she has nothing to live for because she has no friends! It is as simple as that, no friends! There is no way of meetng people at this point either, she has given up!

All this child has ever wanted was to have just one friend, not too much to ask for right? Well.... that has proven impossible. I am not in denial in such that I do know that my child, mu beautiful child has a mental illiness. It does and will affect her life for as long as she is her with us!

I do not know what to do for her anymore! I have to admit that in all of this my life has gotten lost as well and I wish that I would not wake up another day either. Is there anyone out there that can offer any advise to me? to us? I fele that there is no hope because if we have to count on others to help us out of this very, very dark place we are doomed for sure!

Thank you or reading my post, I just had to get it off of my chest.