Why do depressed people push loved ones away?

when someone is depressed falling into a slump happens and you feel the need to push everyone away because either you just don't care or don't want the ones you care for to see you like that.

Depressed people have gone through a lot of bad stuff and they are still going through bad stuff, basically it alters their whole working of brain which doesn't let them think rationally and in this case love can heal them the most.

A depressed person focuses inward, into themselves. Everyone and everything outside becomes simply irrelevant. Paying attention to the outside world and the people in it requires a lot of effort and occures as a painful hassle.

For some, at a certain point, its almost like an addiction. There is an odd distorted view that the pain from the depression is comfortable and safe, in the idea you know what to expect and it isn't a rollercoaster of high's and lows' . . its just one straight low. . .

There can be several reasons! In my case, it felt that the depression was trying to cut me off from my support structure ,i.e family and friends. It manifested itself in a feeling of me not being worth their time or trouble.

Depression is a serious disease which no one should take lightly.when you are in that state you feel a sense of loneliness and unloved .you feel people don't get you even your loved ones it's not deliberate but such kind of people deserve full support and need to be treated effectively.

While in depression the person always feels negative and down and that person doesn't want their loved ones to feel their negativity they don't think that they can be helped and that he or she would only bring others down

Because depressed people know that saying they are depressed or they don’t feel good only make things worst. Most of the people around would say its just on the mind, find a hobby, its just your imagination, etc. And it hurts the most hearing those from your loved ones as if you invented an imaginary disorder like it doesn’t exist. That’s why people with depression push their loved ones, because they’re hurting. And don’t want to hurt them by proving their point so its better to leave.

From my experience, when I was at my lowest I pushed away loved ones so I could not hurt them. As much as I told myself that it was for the better, they still got hurt. Sometimes I felt I was disappointing them and that I may rub off on them. I did not want my loved ones to be depressed as well, I would have rather taken on everything. I also thought that they would be less hurt if I passed on. There are a lot of reasons, but these are some I have experienced directly. I hope this helps, best wishes!

Its hard to feel depression. Its a very difficult thing to feel and to go through. Lots of times people who are suffering feel that nobody will understand what they are going through and may feel its easier to just deal with their feelings alone or in secret. The best thing you can do is to be there and lend support if you know someone who suffers or if you are the one suffering perhaps seeking professional healthcare advice through a provider, a counselor or therapist can help.