Oh those troubled friends

So everyone has em. Those friends that just always seem to be upset about something. Something is always troubling them and they always have some kind of problem. As a friend you wanna help them out as best you can. But when does it become a chore? Are they really worth sticking around if they can't help themselves? Are they really only friends with you simply due to the fact that your helping them out with your problems? Maybe you yourself are a troubled one. Do you find yourself pushing your friends away with your troubles? Do your friends help you out at all? Have you lost any good friends because you wouldn't let them help?

Basically it comes down to, how do you help your friends, or how do your friends help you?

For me, I have this one friend who is constantly depressed. I try to be of what help I can. But usually I just have to leave her be. Until she is ready to accept help, I can't do much.

I know when it comes to having troubles of my own. I tend not to reach out to my friends for help. I just kinda keep it to myself. I don't really like to burden my friends with my troubles. However, sometimes when a friend does figure out that I'm in dire straights about something, they can usually offer some good outside point of view which usually gets me started in the right direction for getting over whatever it is that was bothering me. Thank goodness for friends eh?

Jam it back in, in the dark.