How did Coleridge help William Wordsworth during his period of depression?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge played a pivotal role in supporting William Wordsworth during a period of significant personal distress. Following Wordsworth's return from France, he had become deeply unsettled by the outbreak of war between Britain and the French republic, which divided his loyalties and cast him into a state of depression.12

Coleridge helped rescue Wordsworth from this condition through his intellectual ebullience and his profound belief in a "life consciousness" present in all individuals. This partnership, which began in 1795, fostered a creative environment that allowed them to explore the relationship between the human mind and nature. By encouraging this new approach, Coleridge helped inspire the work that would eventually form their collaborative collection, Lyrical Ballads.2