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Anonymous
December 24th, 2015 9:06am
They feel as if they are a burden. They dont want to bother them with their issues because they think that are causing issues.
Anonymous
December 24th, 2015 5:38pm
Depressed people at least in my experience push people away because they are afraid of putting their burdens on others.
2 reasons. 1. they feel that their loved ones might not understand how they exactly feel. 2. they don't want their depression to cloud their happiness
Anonymous
December 24th, 2015 10:51pm
because they want no one to like them, they feel like it is impossible for anyone to like them. they want to be left alone
It's usually because they're afraid of getting them involved, or being a burden towards them. They don't want to bother them, and they don't want to break their happiness by being depressed and they don't want them to have to worry C about them constantly.
Being depressed has this impact on a being and they seclude theirsleves.. They mostly push away their loved ones because they do not want them to get affected bu the sadness they have and they do not want their love ones to feel like they are not loved back and appreciated.. They simply care about the love ones and they have.
Anonymous
December 25th, 2015 7:31pm
It's hard to love someone else if you don't love yourself , depressed people may not push others away intentionally but because they don't understand why someone could love them or want to speak to them
Anonymous
December 25th, 2015 9:29pm
i think it is because deppression makes people hate themselves they want to punish themselves that's way they do it by pushing loved ones away and also they think that they might hurt their loved ones
because they don't want to give their depression to the loved ones.they always want to see them as happy.But sometimes its good to share everything with your loved ones.
Anonymous
December 27th, 2015 2:34pm
They feel like they don't deserve any love or respect from an important person in their life and would rather be alone then around anyone else
Depression makes us feel unhappy, irritable and anti-social therefore we unintentionally push our loved ones away.
because they feel their not worthy of peoples time, love or affection and its easier to push them away
Because depressed people don't care about anything, usually, ergo they do not care about getting help
I think it depends on certain circumstances. Sometimes they think they are bothering the others with their problem, sometimes they just want to be alone. Or they can be too shy to talk about what's wrong so they rather avoid any contact with the others.
There is no specific reason, it might mean they think they don't deserve their loved one, or being scared to show their emotions.
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2016 12:16am
Because they feel like they aren't worth having someone who loves and cares about them. And they think that if they tell how they feel, people would look at them differently.
Sometimes it is easier to be lost in your feelings and not force the ones you love to have to deal with it also. I believe depression makes you push people away out of selflessness, because you don't want to hurt or bother those around you.
Anonymous
January 3rd, 2016 7:53pm
I'm more of the type to try to reach out which has resulted in my life in driving friends and family away, but I've also pushed others away. The reason for that is they feel they're a burden and they just cause problems for those who care about them, and that they'd be better off without them in (in severe cases)
Anonymous
January 4th, 2016 4:57am
I think depressed people push loved ones away because they don't think they deserve to be loved or anything.
To save them from the pain they are into. And prevent then from not falling into the same depression as they are.
They are usually having problems communicating their feelings and they are embarrassed. Afraid of alienated and labled.
I don't know the answer to that exactly but maybe it has something to do with not hurting the people they love. When a person is depressed they isolate themselves.
Anonymous
January 7th, 2016 3:08am
They feel alone, and that other people are mocking them behind their backs. It isn't fun to feel like that... and mostly because people are concerned and it just makes them feel like everyone's fake.
In my personal experience when I was going through a tough time, I pushed everyone away to see who would make the effort to want to be with me. I also didn't want the hurt of being left so I thought that if I pushed everyone away first they wouldn't get the chance to leave me. Depression makes you insecure and makes you feel like you aren't good enough and that's why loved ones get pushed away.
Anonymous
January 7th, 2016 9:33pm
Sometimes those who are depressed are ashamed that they feel like they do and that they can't do "normal things" like doing laundry and cleaning up after themselves. They don't want anyone to see them in a moment of weakness.
The overwhelming sense of self-loathing, failure, and irritation makes even communicating with the people you're closest to a hardship. I find myself too tired to even explain how I'm feeling, which makes them sad and confused. Some, eventually, give up trying.
Anonymous
January 8th, 2016 6:46pm
Sometimes a way to deal with depression is to push away the people you love because you don't want to hurt them. You don't want them to feel the same way that you do so you push them away in fear that maybe your depression might rub off on them.
Anonymous
January 8th, 2016 10:25pm
Not really , maybe push them for direct contact or selling i love you but will keep being in mind .
Anonymous
January 10th, 2016 10:05pm
Some of them may feel that they will let down their loved ones. Some feel like their lives are meaningles and not important or significant enough to have a role in someone elses life. If they are suicidal, they might push people away to prevent them from grieving.
They do not want to remain a burden to a loved one. As someone who has been depressed, there is a mindset that your loved ones are sick of you or that you are burdening them with your depression.
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