Why do depressed people push loved ones away?

Sometimes they might feel that they are hurting them and it would be better to just not have anyone around them because it can be too painful.

Some depressed people are suicidal, and we find it best to push others away so our depression doesn't hurt them.

Because they feel that because of the people or thing that they are depressed about, they will face the same thing from their loved ones. Also because they may think that they are not worth the loved ones love and attention. Also they might have been hurt too many times and dont want to take another chance.

Several reasons. The first being that when you are depressed everything feels futile and possibly even hostile, pushing people away is one way your mind may feel it is protecting itself. The next reason is that you may feel you are not worth being around loved ones and they shouldn't have to "suffer" your depression as well so you push them away until you can feel at your best for them. The last is that in some cases the person may unconsciously not want to get better if they feel they aren't worth it so may be self-sabotaging relationships as a result.

Depressed people often push loved ones away because they feel that they may hurt them. They don't want to hurt their loved ones or "bother" them with their pain, so they push them away almost as a way to protect them.

Depressed people push others away because they don't want to pass on any of the burden to the ones they care about. They think they should carry all of the weight alone.

we accept the love we think we deserve, so i think this is your case,

They fear that the loved ones don't understand or are afraid of pity or loved ones over-reacting to it.

depression is like drowning except you can see everyone around you breathing, it's like you're screaming as loud as you can and no one around u hear you or even care about you that's why depressed people tend to push people away cause they still see that even though they love them but still this love isn't enough they feel as if you just don't care and they're afraid to exchange the same love with them so they won't get disappointed or hurt at the end

Because they often feel like they don't deserve to have anyone that loves them and sometimes they feel guilty that their sadness can affect others and they don't want to pass that sadness on.