Living with someone, especially someone you love, who is depressed can be hard. It is hard to watch some you love struggle. It is also hard to be around them because living with a depressed person can make you depressed. Even if you are a generally happy, positive person, it can still happen.

So how can living with a depressed person make you depressed?

Here are a few things to watch out for:

Anxiety is a common human experience. While people have varying levels of anxiety, some anxiety is normal. The challenge is learning to live your life with anxiety instead of letting anxiety control you.

Meeting the challenge requires an understanding of nature vs nurture.

There is a genetic component to anxiety. There is also a nurture component to anxiety. Believe it or not, they are both passed down by your family. And it’s not the genetic piece that creates the struggle.

Our brains are wired to scan for danger. You know, the fight, flight, paralysis – survival response that every human being has. And this is very important for us to have when we are actually in danger.

What do you do if you are living with a spouse that has depression?

You are probably thinking that living with depression isn’t “normal”, but in 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that more than 300 million people were living with depression. That is a lot of people, and many of them are living a normal life. If you are curious about how to live a normal life with depression, then I will share my best tips with you on how to do that.

But before we get into the tips, I want you to understand some nuances of depression.

The first is the perspective about nature vs nurture. Having bouts of depression in your life is probably something you inherited. After all, if your parents or grandparents ever experienced depression, then you are more likely going to experience depression at some point in your life. This is the “nature” concept of depression.

But here is where the “nurture” concept comes in. Just because you inherited (Thanks Mom and Dad!) the depression gene, doesn’t mean it has to debilitate you. The severity of the experience of depression can be minimized by exploring the following tips:

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