Lately having doubts that I love my partner but I think its depression?!
Question: Lately having doubts that I love my partner but I think its depression.?
Lately I have been having doubts should I be with my partner of 10 years. I saw my psychiatrist and he said 10 years is a long time and I am having confidence issues and miss my partner terribly when his at work. I also said that I feel that I want to live alone as I think that if I lived alone I would suicide, has anyone ever had these same thoughts. Health Question & Answer
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Do you not work.? I'm 20 years old, and I've been with my boyfriend now for 3 years (we live together now) and I went through a stage where I wasn't working and was pretty much sitting around all day. It got to the point where I was so depressed, and had way too much time to think about everything, that I began to rely on him too much and doubt our relationship. I began to feel like I wasn't like anybody else, and I was the only one that felt the way I did, and that talking to someone or medicine couldn't cure the way I felt.
It ended up that all it took was getting out and DOING things, especially by yourself, or going out with friends. It gives you self worth. I don't know if you already do these things, but if you don't, you definitely should! It takes a while to start feeling better, but once you're out of your rut, it'll be even harder to go back to being depressed!
If you'd like to talk, I'm here for you. I know how it feels to be depressed. I've been taking Effexor since I was 12! The biggest dose possible too. I also had anxiety, mostly social, but if you looked at me you'd never guess it.
Message me on MySpace if you'd like to talk some more:
http://www.myspace.com/deanandbets
P.S. - Sometimes people just grow apart, and sometimes people are going to stay together til the end-- or maybe you're just thinking about your relationship too much.? Just follow your heart!Health Question & Answer
It ended up that all it took was getting out and DOING things, especially by yourself, or going out with friends. It gives you self worth. I don't know if you already do these things, but if you don't, you definitely should! It takes a while to start feeling better, but once you're out of your rut, it'll be even harder to go back to being depressed!
If you'd like to talk, I'm here for you. I know how it feels to be depressed. I've been taking Effexor since I was 12! The biggest dose possible too. I also had anxiety, mostly social, but if you looked at me you'd never guess it.
Message me on MySpace if you'd like to talk some more:
http://www.myspace.com/deanandbets
P.S. - Sometimes people just grow apart, and sometimes people are going to stay together til the end-- or maybe you're just thinking about your relationship too much.? Just follow your heart!Health Question & Answer
Have you talked about medicatin with your doctor.? Wy are you having confidence issues.? What has changed with your life.? If you are feeling depressed I would really recommend starting an exercise program and doing something (even if it's only walking) as well every day. Take some high quality fish oil with at least 400 mg of DHA every day. I think you can take up to 800 mg. Rest at night. Get off the computer and get to bed early. Get up and be outside when it's sunny. Maybe take some vitamin D too. See friends, or call up your old ones. This is something you're going through and it will be only temporary. Take care of yourself!!! Take care of yourself!!! Eat the best food, and put yourself first. The rest will follow. Health Question & Answer
Reading your question is just like a mirror image of how I feel. I too doubt my feeling for my husband of 17 years. He has changed and I daresay so have I but this appears to be more recent since I became depressed. Longing to be alone, run away and hide. It's horrible. I am known as the 'stress head' in my household. However I have recent started taking anti-depressents and feel a bit better except for the weight gain (side effect). I am unsure if it's the depression which is driving a wedge between us (he has becone extremely selfish) or the relationship making me depressed and anxious.!! I am continuing with the medication but may ask gp if i can switch to Prozac (no weight gain hopefully) and taking up some new hobbies. See how it goes eh.Health Question & Answer
Oh honey, you are just growing up is all. That you don't feel the same anymore is just a part of it. You did expect to feel this way forever, about being in love, but it just isn't possible. That doesn't mean you get a new guy, or that life is over. It just means there is something new to look forward to. I married my wife after knowing her for 10 years. We grew up together, dated through, and married after, high school.
At the end, our love was not like it was in Jr Hi, it was better.
I miss her still, but I go on. She would want that for me, and I always gave her what she wanted.Health Question & Answer
At the end, our love was not like it was in Jr Hi, it was better.
I miss her still, but I go on. She would want that for me, and I always gave her what she wanted.Health Question & Answer
Maybe you should live alone for a while, like retreat and contemplate with your heart about your partner.Good luckHealth Question & Answer