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cyanSummer7275
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Is it normal for someone who is depressed to push away only one person?
Depression Support / by cyanSummer7275
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 November 14th, 2019
...See more I'm personally not depressed, but my best friend is. I know it's quite common for those struggling with depression to push away people they love, however my best friend only ever pushes me away. At the same time, I am also the only person she opens up to and she has said to me before that I feel like her only home and that she feels safe and at peace when we're together. But she also goes through periods of several weeks where she will be incredibly cold and sometimes outright hostile to me. She will be her same sweet and normal self with her other friends and family. She says that she is afraid of how well I know her and she wants to be able to act as though everything is normal without me seeing through her. She also recently said that she hated how I kept clinging on to this friendship (this is during her current period of coldness). But, in the past, she had also said that she felt as though everyone around her is giving up on her, so I promised I would never do that. I know that she is likely also feeling very easily irritated at this moment, but is it normal for her to only target me? Because I am the closest to her? When she is in a good period, she is the sweetest and most caring friend. I love her more than anything and just want to help, but I feel so helpless. I also can't help but get angry sometimes (especially at the clingy comment), but I don't show it to her. I try not to take it personally, because I know she's suffering, but she only does this to me.
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