Face It For Your Relationship
When you’re suffering from depression, your ability to maintain and grow an intimate relationship is diminished. Marriage and other partnerships require patience, energy, fun and communication. When you’re depressed, these are difficult tasks.
Men often want to isolate themselves when they’re depressed, and withdraw from the people who care about them. You may try to cover up your feelings, and deny or be defensive when asked if you’re depressed.
Whether driven by the shame and guilt of depression, or anxiousness and agitation, these behaviors are relationship killers. When you withdraw from a partner, the partner will likely feel neglected, angry or hurt. If your partner tries harder to reach out to you, you may withdraw even more, which puts even more stress on the relationship.
Depression can cloud your judgment and feelings. You may feel that you’ve fallen out of love with your partner, when in fact the love is buried under the weight of depression.
Face your depression for the sake of your relationship. Face it as a team, and see if fighting the depression together doesn’t make you a stronger couple.
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