How it is to live with a depressed person
I’m not sure how many of you know that I suffer from depression, or that I take medication for it, but it’s something that I rarely talk about these days (but feel free to ask questions though). Well to the point. I suffer from major anxiety when I’m in a relationship when I know that the partner might deal with my depressive periods in a severe way. That is why I’m afraid of getting in to a relationship again.
I just want to highlight how it is to live with a person that suffers from depression since it’s very rare that stories from the partner comes up in the light. But I recently discovered an old post from Jon Armstrong (yes, Heather Armstrong’s aka Dooce’s husband) called “How I do“, where he describes his feelings dealing with Heathers disease. I found it to be really interesting to read and I have forwarded it to my closest friends.
Also, if you are the partner, living with a person with this kind of illness, please tell me about your experiences and your feelings. I would love to read, and learn, about it. When I’m in a relationship and ask my partner about it, I hardly get any answers. That’s why I have started to investigate about it. I have one good advice for you all and that is:
Talk to each other!
Art by: dolphy
Hi, thank you for the post. You don’t know how this helped me.