Impersonal and Disconnected
by Susan
When I feel disconnected from someone I love then I feel sad and sometimes depressed. When someone close to me is behaving in an impersonal, cool and distant manner I often feel a lot of stress which eventually leads to anger. I want my family to let me know that they love me just as I believe I let them know I love them. It doesn't always work out that way.
In my opinion, good mental health depends largely on good and loving relationships. Many people will probably disagree with me but for me, it's true. When my relationships are going badly I start feeling more depression, anxiety, stress and anger. Maybe my relationships are 'too' important to me. Maybe I want 'too' much attention. Maybe I look for 'too' many reasons to be depressed. Maybe I don't.
I hope you let those you love know how much they mean to you. Try to interact on a personal level so they don't feel disconnected. If you are fortunate, those you love will be making these efforts toward you as well.
Posted by ozzieblackcat at 3/13/2009 9:51 PM 
Categories: love, mental health, ozzieblackcat, stress, Anger, His and Hers, family, depression
Tags: depression blog
Categories: love, mental health, ozzieblackcat, stress, Anger, His and Hers, family, depression
Tags: depression blog
I feel as you do about being disconnected from those you love at times and I think tho I should tell those whom I love that I love them more often so they will know it doesn't hurt to say the words.
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Thanks so much for your comment. I'm glad my article made sense to someone.....I wasn't sure if it would.
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That article really hit home. I have felt so disconnected from everyone lately and the depression and stress has been eating at me. My husband had a heart attack last month and I took on so much without any support from anyone. . .but that was my fault because I felt I had to do it all for him and wanted no one else to. Now that he is recovering and getting out of the house more (with me of course), the people around me are giving me the sense that I can call them to even just "vent" about the affect this has had on me and this has cut the depression down as well as the stress. Thank you for writing all these wonderful blogs.
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Thank you for reading this blog and for your comments. I'm glad your husband is recovering and that you are getting some support from the people around you. take care, Susan
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It is sad but true that we affect those close to us not only for the good but also for the bad. Hopefully we all can learn to pay a little more attention to see the effect that our actions have on others
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I agree that we should try to keep in touch and even though some
people don't do that, we must continue
to try to do what is right. Sometimes,
it's hard, but we have to treat them
the way we would want to be treated. I
like to think back about the relatives
who were always so dependable.
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Thanks so much for your comment. I always appreciate them. Staying in touch with relatives is very important in my opinion.
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I agree, paying more attention is a great idea. Thanks for your comment.
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good mental health depends largely on good and loving relationships. maintain your relationships with your relatives.
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I can totally relate to your article. Some of my family relations get me so depressed when they treat me like that and I've noticed lately that when I say something when they hurt my feelings, they relate and try to do better. I truly believe they don't realize they're being that way. Honesty is very important.
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Hi, I would just like to say that I really enjoyed your post, and the way you described how you felt when you were feeling down. Your post inspired me to write an entry in my blog and I would love it if you had some extra time to check it out. Here is the link to the article- http://www.candrugstore.com/blog/2009/05/america-depressed-and-troubled.html
If you would like to leave me a message or comment in any way my email is john.truenorth@gmail.com
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Thanks so much for your comment. I will visit your blog now and I hope you return here often.
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