Loving Someone with Depression Who Pushes You Away

Loving someone with depression who pushes you away can be painful. I know. I’ve been there. But I’ve learned a few things that help me immensely when my depressed partner pushes me away. In this video I’ll help you understand why your depressed partner wants to be alone and what you can do to stay sane, stay healthy and even stay happy when your partner is depressed and needs space.
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Why do depressed partners push you away? The answer is simple: it is because of what they are thinking and feeling in that moment. The important thing to remember is that is has nothing to do with you.

I know that can be hard to believe.

You may be thinking, “when my depressed partner won’t talk to me, how does that have nothing to do with me? What about when my depressed partner shuts me out? Or when my depressed partner lashes out and BLAMES me for making it worse?”

But it’s true. None of it is about you. They may have thoughts that make them feel sad, angry or hopeless. They may have thoughts that create intense apathy and an inability to connect. In the video I help you explore the many reasons your depressed partner pushes you away so you can separate that action from yourself.

Another thing I’ve learned is that loving someone with depression who pushes you away is possible. You can always enjoy loving them. Even when your partner is depressed and needs space, you can feel powerful, beautiful love for them, because that emotion is created by your thoughts.

However, you’ll struggle to love a depressed partner who wants to be alone or who pushes you away if you don’t do the work to love yourself first.

The single most important thing you can do to support a depressed partner, the single most powerful way of loving someone with depression, is to learn to love yourself first. You cannot give them the incredible gift of your unconditionally loving, non judgmental presence if you aren’t able to give that gift to yourself.

You cannot truly love anyone, with depression or not, if you haven’t learned to love yourself.

To you, your happiness, your love and your life!

- Rachael Sloan

Видео Loving Someone with Depression Who Pushes You Away канала Rachael Sloan - Relationship Coach