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Thursday, June 19, 2008 chad asks

Q: does depression change peoples feelings? overnight girlfriend wants to be alone and pushes me away

my girlfriend is on medicine and is fine for a few months then a bad time comes along when she really starts feeling down. overnight she goes from being in love and wanting to be with me to she needs her space and just wants to be alone. i can understand being alone, but it seems like she becomes heartless when she starts feeling down and she gives stupid reasons for why its over. she may bring up something i said months ago and change it around to where its the reason. is this normal? does depression change someones feelings? when i try to talk to her all i get is "i don't know" and to hear her talk now she was never happy.  does depression cause you to not remember how things really were?

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4/ 2/09 10:21am

Hi... this is amazing, i can not get over how much

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6/19/08 8:18pm

Chad,

 

I sort of asked a similar question not too long ago -- I'm going through something like this with my depressed spouse, and as are many others. Yep, this is pretty "normal" for someone with depression. It's not so much that her feelings changed, I think it's just the chemical imbalance that makes her this way. It's not your fault and it's not hers; try to be patient and understand that she's sick. Encourage her to seek her to seek help -- if she "recovers," she'll remember how understanding you were and thank you for it.

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9/26/08 6:11pm

I have been looking for some time to find the answer to a similar question.  My girlfriend has done the same thing.  I have stuggled with the questions of "is it she really doesn't want our relationship"  or "is it the depression"  it's a hard call but much like you said, there wasn't anything really wrong with us.  Please let me know if you find some material that helped.

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4/ 2/09 10:33am

Sorry... Let me start again...

 

I can not get over how familiar the stories are.

This is the same as what i am going through... and i take comfort in the fact that it is the depression talking. i have had family members go through depression and it all reads the same... it is so hard and frustrating to see the one you love turn in a heart beat, from being loving and caring to cold and distant, WITH NO REASON WHAT SO EVER!.

Its as if a veil was just pulled over their eyes over night.

So i have been asking the same question in my head over and over... Is it me? or is it the Depression "talking"

with so many people going through the same thing i am postive that the depression is the cause of all the stress and strain...

 

I am sure that if we all just give our support and "roll with the punches" that it will work out in the end... of cause every case of depression is unique and what will work for one might not work for the other BUT the genral approach of giving support and being there should all be worthwhile in the end... i wish you all luck and hope that you all regain what you had in the begining.

 

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12/19/10 9:14pm

Yes with the WOW.. Same story here too.  Like cold as ice.  She either wants to sleep all day or shop all day.  Can't seem to get any family time anymore.  She will pick a fight with me so she can storm off and disappear all day shopping.  She says she loves me, but doesn't have a clue how to show it.  Last night she couldn't just relax.. had to go shopping at 9:30 at night.. came home at 12:15 to show me all the stuff she purchase.. She knew I was emotionally drained when she left.  Knew I was upset that she couldn't settle down and just relax with me... but she had to show me all the stuff she purchased.. then the next day sleeping to 1pm just to wake up to grab the Sunday paper and the sales ads.  Then off and running again out the door to shop some more...  And she wonders why I don't know what to do.  She has 2 weeks off to shop shop and shop.. I had the weekend off and spent it without her...  Fun time this depression.. Fun times..

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By chad— Last Modified: 04/20/11, First Published: 06/19/08