Depressed again :(

[Tanya-T]

Hi everyone, sorry I haven’t kept in touch, been very busy lately with depression! Again...

A little update, I am back with my partner and things were going great that’s until I got depressed again. I’m finding it extremely hard to even get out of bed. I literally stink and couldn’t bring myself to even bath until today and that’s only because I don’t think it’s fair on my partner to have to smell me lol. He doesn’t understand what I am going through as he thinks it’s just being lazy and some of it is but I can’t bare going outside and he just doesn’t understand that. It is so upsetting for the both of us because I feel like he is pressuring me to go outside and it’s upsetting for him because he doesn’t want to be locked away inside our bedroom 24 hours a day.. I cannot focus on anything at the minute and just dying for God to please give me strength. I am really struggling so please could you all keep me in your prayers 💖

[Ashlan]

I'm new to the community so I'm not sure if you have shared what I'm about to ask previously. Is he aware that you suffer from depression and does he know how it presents with you? With my husband, I just had to be up front and say "I may seclude myself because I'm anxious and the house is a mess which is triggering me". Slowly, he is learning to pick up on my subliminal clues, but somedays I have to tell him straight up this is what's happening. Most people who haven't suffered with a mental illness don't know what we need. Try to explain this is how I'm feeling and this is what you can or can't do to help. Praying for you dear.