any other MDD sufferes ever had trouble with love?

[Ruby Hunt]

Heartbreak=worse MDD? I feel that ever since the only guy to mean so much to me and make me feel special is trying to see other people that my MDD has gotten worse.. do you think that is normal? Has anyone else ever had this happen?

[Adelaide Weiss]

I do notice that my MD gets worse when I'm sad or I'm under some kind of stress. When my boyfriend left me, I was in the middle of a really bad depression so my MD was already pretty bad. In the first week after we broke up, my MD actually disappeared. I was just empty. Even when I'd try to daydream, I couldn't. Over time though it came back as strong as ever. I do think that MD worsening with heartbreak is normal. For me, MD is like a coping mechanism so it'd make sense that certain events or feelings would change the intensity of it.

For me personally I think that MD could be a healing thing too. I think it's how my mind tells me to fight back against my depression. If nothing's going well for me, then I'll just imagine a place where I'm happy so I can become happy. The worse my sadness is, the stronger my MD is because it takes more to fight it. I think my MD disappeared because at that point I was ready to just give up so there was no reason to fight anymore. But as things started improving, I started finding reasons to keep going so it came back. Just my personal theory~  :)

[Bonnie]

Hi
I have been single for years bcoz every guy I meet never come close to the guys I date in my day dreams so I become angry and end up breaking up with that guy. MDD has affected my normal life.

[Ruby Hunt]

Thanks all of you.   I was just curious if it was also harder on anyone else..  I'm soo sorry and I hope we can all get through this stronger and better one way or another :)

[Katherine Milano]

Had essentially quit for good until my parents got divorced. Not exactly the same thing, but I think that sadness makes the desire to escape stronger.

[K.M.R.]

My MMD got worse when I got heartbroken too, it sucks because the feeling just consumes you and you can't stop thinking about the past. You have to move on with the present even though it will be really hard. But one day you'll see bluer skies.