Can depression break up a relationship?
by 
Zack Be Gone - All Hail Firebrand.
ANSWERS: 29
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It can break a life, let alone a relationship
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YES
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Yes
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Only if the non-depressed party has no compassion.
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not if the one who doesnt suffer with depression is loving and understanding to the other. its like with all relationships you have to work at it.
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I think it can break up anything and I feel people have to see the warning signs. It's not something you pick off the street, it's an illness people don't realise they have. I know I've been through it but not in a bad way. Don't wanna go trough it again.
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!
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yes, it can. the way my ex treated me, I became depressed....and she seemed oblivious to it. in fact, she had me convinced I was peri-menopausal, and I went on prozac for over a year. she's the one..with lies, cheating, verbal abuse and lack of commitment, that caused me to be depressed. since I ended things, I'm emotionally healthier and I've lost all the weight I gained because of the depression. my current partner has bouts of mild depression and anxiety attacks. instead of pushing her away, I'm always there for her. In a good relationship, that's the way it should be!
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Now with a lot of TLC and understanding... and I am taking the tablets! ;-)
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yes because depression is a feeling and so is love and this two will never be good together
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If the person who is depressed seeks help and if medication is warranted, takes the medication, then he/she is trying to get stable and making an effort to get better. The other person, if understanding and loving, will be there to help in this process. If the depressed person refuses to do anything to get better, and seems to relish being "depressed" as an excuse to opt out of life, that could break up the relationship. :)
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Yes.
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If the other partner is an immature jerk who can't or won't deal with it, yes. That's what happened in my last one. He told me I was 'too difficult to deal with.' *rolls eyes* My cousin had died. You would think he would be understanding. But no. *grumbles* :P
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YES IT CAN! both people (especially the non-depressed partener) has to realise it won't always be easy.
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Depends on how the depression makes you act. If, like most people you normally have human emotions and are able to talk to your partner, or your partner will actually listen, then there is no reason why depression would negatively affect a relationship. But, if like me, emotion I something best avoided n I s often blown off with an immature joke or comment, then it does. Before my girlfriend left I was depressed and due to my inability to talk to anyone about anything that matters I started to push her away. I couldn’t help it, I didn’t know how to answer her questions. I hope this helps.
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i have more of a question than an answer. My girlfriend is taking medication and is normal at times but every few months she starts wanting to be alone and spend time to herself. after about a week she tells me she doesn't know what she wants and she's done with the relationship. in the period of a week she goes from being happy to acting like she doesn't care and wanting the relationship over. when trying to understand why, its always "i don't know". and she has her mind made we're over. is this normal? i can deal with the wanting to be alone. but i don't understand why she wants things to end. when talking to her its almost like she doesn't remember she was happy a week ago. you would think she's been in a horrible relationship where she was never happy. is this normal?
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it causes confusion in your life.......so of course
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In my case, it did, but the depressed party broke it up. He couldn´t deal with the pressure of trying to make me happy when he felt he couldn´t. Still, it is difficult to tell apart a depression from someone who just doesn´t care about you anymore, and all I felt was he was withdrawing more and more from me, so a break up was on my mind a lot. Not too sure how you are supposed to deal with being with someone that just doesnt seem to want to be with you.
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Yes, I think it can.
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I broke up with my boyfriend when he was depressed. It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my whole life. I did this a few months ago and the guilt is still rife. My inability to deal with the situation was making me stressed and inhibiting his progress. The way the illness makes someone totally irrational was too much to bear. I tried to take responsibility for his illness instead of realising that there is nothing you can do for that person except love them (which feel like loving a lion that keeps biting your head off). No one realises the strain of depression on their family, friends and loved ones and whilst the depressed person needs all the support in the world, the people close to the depressed person need to stick together and support each other!
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Yes, either the depressed gives up on the relationship or the other person can't take it anymore and abandons the ill one.
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Yes, if the parties let it. The person(s) depressed need to address the problem with working solutions (physician, therapist), and the other party (if there is one, sometimes both people are depressed) needs a lot of understanding. It is certainly a tricky situation.
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yes it definetely can, iv lost the love of my life due to his depression i just hope he gets some help and wants to get better for himself and maybe we can find a way back to eachother? should i wait? can we be friends? thanks x
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YEs it can break up a relationship cause you dont pay attention to all the important things you miss the small things which mean more then you think.
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Yes! It can cause all kind of relationship problems including, but not limited to, breaking up. My husband had an affair that started during a time that I was severely clinically depressed and meds weren't helping.
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My son has suffered from severe depression since he was 14 - he's now 20. It affects everyone in the family as well as his friends, some of whom he has lost, It is so much bigger than being around someone who is sad. Sometimes it affects his logic in all things and that's where it can wear you down. I have not been in in a partnership with someone who has this illness, but I could easily see where you stop being a partner and become a full time care-giver and you get completely lost. We're all different so it's up to you to know you genuinely have done all you can do and can take; be there as a friend, unless that's too hard for the other person. And make sure your partner's other support people know you are leaving so they can help and keep an eye on things.
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yes, I have personal experiance with this
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It can & it does...
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yes definately, and it's horrible because if you already suffer from it then the breakup fuels it because you begin to feel guilty. It's a vicious cycle..
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