Living with Stress

A relative of mine is suffering from lots of problems related to stress and depression He has had some setbacks in his academic and personal life and there after he has not been able to recover. He has lost hopes in almost everything.

These days he is suffering from sleep problems. He is unable to fall asleep at night due to which he sleeps in the morning and misses all his classes. After getting up he regrets and is sad for the whole day. Also another problem has come up. He has been found walking around during his sleep. He doesnt remember all that. This problem has occurred recently only in 1-2 months.

After he came to know about all this, his confidence level has gone down tremendously. He feels that nothing can be done and there is no treatment to this. He is also afraid of sleeping now a days. He gets angry very soon and is very very irritable. The big problem is that he is a student and stays away from us. So no one is there to take his good care. We are really worried and we really need some suggestions in this respect. He has undergone full medical check-ups before and nothing serious was found and also he has no drug addiction. He does smoke occasionally.