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How to have relationships while living with depression?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 16, 2021 | Replies (104)Comment receiving replies
@stsopoci I think many of us find ourselves in that position! While it is great to recognize a trigger for us, who has tried to explain it to the other person/s and tried to reach a mutually beneficial conclusion? What was the outcome? For me, my spouse simply says, "deal with it", which serves no good except to slide me further away.
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Boy I do not like the words "just snap out of it" because it makes me realize the person saying them has no clue or understanding of what I'm going through. So then I retreat within myself.
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While I was in business, I was so careful to never show any signs of my depression. Customers did not want to know. But, unfortunately, I would occasionally take it out on my family. Because I felt angry about my “ problem “ and I knew that they would tolerate me because they loved me. Trust me when I say this, no one ever wants to lose a loved one, of course, but when they do die, and you have had occasions where you were verbally abusive to them, you will never forgive yourself.