Truths about loving a woman with depression – Loving a woman does not automatically endow you with the ability to understand her depression. When you date a woman with depression, build a relationship and fall in love with her, her illness does not seem like a huge obstacle. Unfortunately, loving a woman does not automatically endow you with the ability to understand and deal with her depression.
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Keep reading to learn what issues are more likely to surface when dating a woman who struggles with clinical depression and how you should handle them. The stories we heard from women with depression and those who dated them will offer insights as well.
1. More Intense and Frequent Negative Self-Talk
Depression can be a subconscious negative voice in a woman’s head that tells her she is horrible, unworthy of your love. Men with depression experience this, but it tends to be more intense for women because they ruminate on it rather than seeking distractions. This sometimes makes small issues transform into big stressors.
“Little things like you forgetting to call them could make them feel like they are not worthy of love,” said Adam Weitz, a mental health blogger who has been married to a woman with depression for many years and deals with the illness himself.
Weitz recommends being patient and listening without interruption, even when she makes you feel a need to be defensive.
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