Depression Can Make You Want to Avoid Friends

Bipolar depression can make you avoid your friends. You must fight this isolating symptom to get better. Watch this for help.

[AbeVonDoom]

Wow I have had this problem my entire life, I'm notorious among my friends for being late to everything and hanging out with them. The reason I've always had trouble with this is because I have to fight off the EXACT same feeling you described here it would literally take me sometimes 6 hours just to sludge myself out of the house and I fight it to this day. I don't talk to old friends because of this and worry they think I just forgot about them. I never thought that this was a cause of Bipolar, thanks for that :D

[aleksandravulic]

I feel you. I don't want to see anybody...All-time alone when I'm down..Fu*k it..

[joymechell]

I have a huge problem with this . Anxiety makes me scared to talk to people or in constant worry that I said something wrong or talked to much . It's better for me to hang back when I'm around people, even the ones I love . Since I've come out of a manic episode about a week ago, and have been on mood stabilizers, I've been depressed, withdrawn, and breaking down when I'm alone again. It's so hard to get out of make plans and not wish the other person would cancel. I love my friend, she's always asking me about therapy and how she can help, but sometimes I feel guilty for not wanting to be around her . She seems so put together, and I'm a mess

[LucBTU]

thank you so much for this video!
i've been fighting against my depression for a couple of years and i felt that it isn't the real problem

[femmesusan]

what if the desire to stay at home is way, way stronger? and wins?

[bicarious]

I have lost a lot of friends because I cut them off.

[livemystic]

Hi Natasha I know how you feel I sometimes don't want to be around my friends either I just would rather stay home and curl up in my bed that's thinking bipolar! I am my big thing is big social groups I just cannot do a big social groups where there's lots and lots of people like it so overwhelmed but there are a lot of things that are used to go to that I can't go to because it is too much for me is this OK? Where in your opinion do you think I should push myself to go to these things when I know that I'm going to have panic attacks and feel very overwhelmed? I know for myself personally I like the one on one or small groups of people.