Why do depressed people push loved ones away?
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Moderated by Smita Joshi, BA Psychology / MA / Advanced EFT Practitioner
Updated: Jul 12, 2024
Anonymous
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Feb 3, 2016
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In part, depressed people want their loved ones to know how awful they feel - they are searching for words of assurance, and they want to know that they will continue to be supportive even when provoked to be otherwise
InsideTheNbhd
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Feb 5, 2016
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Depressed people push loved ones away because they do not feel as if the love is worth anything, they feel as if love is pointless and loving them if pointless.
generousLove35
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Feb 7, 2016
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I think it's because we don't want to hurt someone along the way. We are scared that if we have loved ones around when we are hurting, they will soon get hurt too.
Anonymous
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Feb 12, 2016
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It can vary from person to person but mostly it's cause they might feel like they're a burden for their loved ones or that they don't deserve help. They don't want you to worry, most probably
b5a3b2Kouki
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Mar 12, 2016
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I believe depressed people push their loved ones away with a fear that they aren't worthy of being worried over, they are totally not worth it or because of the fact that they are only afraid that they couldn't be helped. Some depressed people with anxiety and high empathy would possibly feel like they wouldn't want to trouble their loved ones.
supportiveNutella52
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Mar 13, 2016
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Imagine depression as a cloak. Once you have it nothing is gonna hurt you, but you also won't be receiving any love. From my experience it was because I was scared of people hurting me and leaving me, but because of that you also won't receive any love, which is why it's never good to isolate yourself during depression.
RedRose82
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Mar 23, 2016
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In my case, I wanted to wallow in my despair. I wanted to suffer alone and not bring anyone down with me. But everyone has their own reasons, it might be similar to mine or completely different, only they would know.
kunnupanda10
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Apr 1, 2016
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They do not want any bit of their compassion anymore. They wish to stay alone. They feel guilty of doing wrong to someone..
Anonymous
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Jun 8, 2016
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Depressed people push loved ones away because they do not love themselves ; therefore they feel no one else is able to love them.
Anonymous
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Jun 8, 2016
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They could possibly not want to hurt others while they are hurting or they simply do not trust people not to leave them, so they make it easy on themselves and push others away.
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