Relationship Depression

Below is a guest blog post contributed by Rachel Davis.   I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.  Thanks Rachel!

Love is a wonderful sensation; it gives you wings to fly and you feel like you’re on top of the world. When you’re in love, the world seems much more beautiful and you’re at peace with yourself and all around you. However, love is also the perfect example for the saying – the higher you climb, the harder you fall; when this emotion starts to sour, it feels like the end of the world. Baser emotions take over and you’re either hurt badly or end up hurting the one you love with your harsh words and actions. The biggest fallout of love gone down the drain is depression, and very often, people who are dissatisfied with a relationship yet unable to break free of it for various reasons are prime candidates for depression.

We’ve all been in this phase at some point of time or the other – the lucky ones get over the fights and misunderstandings and patch up to live as near to happily ever after as possible; a few others know that this is not for them and find the strength to break off before the relationship eats into their happiness for good; but for the most part, people tend to stay on in relationships that are going nowhere and causing them more misery than happiness because they fear change and are terrified of the unknown. In their point of view, a known devil is better that living alone or a strange equivalent.

However, staying on in relationships that do nothing for your soul is the easiest way to become a victim of depression. Your energy is sapped, you don’t feel alive, and you never experience a moment’s inner peace. You’re always on tenterhooks expecting things that never happen – it could be a simple event like going out to dinner once in a way and enjoying a romantic meal together – and so being disappointed all the time; you’re worried about the constant fights that start from innocuous statements; and because of all these negative emotions, you’re stressed out all the time.

If a relationship causes you more grief than brings you joy, it’s time to let go. No matter how much you love the other person, no matter how much they promise to change, it’s best to save yourself while there is still time. If you lose your mental health, it’s extremely hard to regain it completely. Mental stress leads to depression and self-doubt; sooner or later, your physical health starts to become affected, and you’re unable to function normally.

It’s hard to let go of a loved one, especially when you’ve shared many happy memories together. But if push comes to shove, that’s what you must do when you have to dig really deep to find those happy memories or if you’re wondering if they were just a dream. Once you learn to let go and take care of yourself instead of worrying about the other person, you feel like a load has been lifted off you, and life is good once again.

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This guest post is contributed by Rachel Davis, she writes on the topic of Radiology Degrees . She welcomes your comments at her email id: racheldavis65[@]gmail[.]com.

 

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