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In the book When someone you love is depressed, tell about how depression affects relationships. Intimate relationships suffer, it changes the underline of relationship. The couple now be now becomes depended on one. You do become the one who listen’s, while the other partner is depressed. Next you will find yourself doing the grocery shopping for the two of you. Financial changes happen when one is depressed and cannot work. That means extra work for you. It is hard for a depressed person to have a relationship. Their depression puts a big burned on the other person that in the relationship. In the book When someone you love is depressed Bennett said, he started calling home to check on Leslie while at work. He also turned down a business trip. He worried that she would feel more lonely and isolated if he were away, even a couple of days. Depressed people are irritability or withdrawal. Friends and your social life will change because your depressed partner does not have the energy to go out. This is hard on a relationship when one wont’s to go out and the other can not. If the other partner is not careful angry feeling will accrue because they wont to enjoy life and the depressed partner has no interest. Depression is a symptom that they don’t want but can not help. It takes love, patience, and understanding to help a depressed person. But don’t forget about yourself, to take care of someone, you have to take care of yourself. In reality depression is a world wide issue. Doctors try medication for depression and psychiatrist help with low self esteem. But the biggest issue is how it affects a person, and relationships. The depressed person can not help the way they think and act. We as family, have the biggest burden of all, trying to take care of them. For the love of family, we just have to be loving, have patience and understanding. |
