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Q: depressed girlfriend ?
asked by: tm4812 on August 9th, 2008
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Hi....I need some advise.

Up until a few weeks ago, my girlfriend and were both happy, making plans for the future, trying for a baby.....and now she want to leave me. I think she is suffering from depression.

We have been trying for a baby for over a year and a couple of months ago, we fell pregnant. Unfortunately, we lost the baby and since then, she has been going down hill.

It started with a loss of sex drive, which I didn't think was too unusual after the loss of a baby. Then over the last couple of weeks, she has started being short with me for the slightest reason and is always tired and going to bed early.

Last week, she told me that she wanted to leave but could not give me a reason. She admits that she still loves me, thinks of me her best friend, and that I have given her no reason to want to leave, but she just feels like she wants to leave.....even she can't explain it.

We are still living in the same house while she looks for somewhere to go, so we have had plenty of conversations about this, but whenever I mention the possibility that she could be depressed and maybe she should speak to her doctor, she just dismisses it and walks away.

I don't want to keep going on at her as am worried that I will push her away even more, but at the same time, I love her so much and don't want her to just leave.

What should I do? Please help.....
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harmony1
replied on August 10th, 2008
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A loss of a baby can definately cause depression. She should go and talk with a doctor about this. Maybe you could suggest going together as it might make it easier for her.
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NightStar
replied on August 11th, 2008
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I am sorry for your loss, I have a sister that is the same way, she suffers Bipolar like me but she clams up if anyone tries to get her to talk about why she is sad. There is nothing I have successfully found that will make a person talk if they don't want to. You just have to let her go, and hope down the line she feels better and comes back to you. But I do hope for the best that down the line she will come around.
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