I'm new wondering if this works...

[BigJohn]

Hope,

It is not easy for a man to admit to himself or to others that he may be dealing with depression. If he wants to term it "anxiety" then so be it. This is a serious issue and he needs to start addressing it right away through counseling along with perhaps some anti-depressants. He is likely not aware that everything that he is saying and doing is exponentially "more" than what he perceives, which in turn adds to his frustration when you react to him.

Feel free to tell him about me if you'd like- I'll correspond with him here if it would help your sitch. I will tell you that it might have made a difference in my current sitch if I had realized and addressed my spell of depression rather than it resolving itself after I left my old job. I'd hate to see him make the same mistake I did.

Speaking of work, break time is over. Catch you later.