A Friend In Need

I require advice, dear members of FOG. Yesterday, a friend of mine suffered terribly. His friends abandoned him, his girlfriend too (though still friends), and basically he is battered, bitter, and alone except for me and a couple of others. He is as a brother to me and I worry. I am not asking "did he deserve it" because I already am convinced he did not. What I want to know is how do I get him out of this depression? Any suggestions would be welcome. No suggestion is too great or too small.

My advice would be to get out and do stuff with him. Letting him sit idle for too long would most likely leave him time to his thoughts and to his doubts. Do things that allow interactions with others with a high probability of making new friends or are at least distracting enough to allow this to blow over.

I don't know if it is an option, but paintball is always a good stress relief for me, is a lot of fun, and can kill an entire day with ease. Good luck, and I hope things work out well.

I guess I'd agree with Loki.
Really just do what you're doing. Stick with him as often and as much as you can. Be ready to help him reason it out if he's ready, or just keep him active and not sulking.

'Focus on the positive' is always good advice, though I don't know if it's a good idea to come out and say something like that after a bunch of bad stuff happened.

Actually, if his "friends" abandoned him, then they weren't really his friends. Without knowledge of the circumstances, that's how I would view the situation. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and that's you. I'm sure he'll realize that.