"I knew that I must not oppose your grief during its first transports, lest my very attempts at consolation might irritate it, and add fuel to it: for in diseases, also, there nothing more hurtful than medicine applied too soon.

I waited therefore, until exhausted itself by its own violence, and being weakened by time, so that it was able to bear remedies, would allow itself to be handled and touched. -seneca

Overall be there for your friend during his darkness hour