Hooray4Ponies, you have pretty much covered all the points here I think. I had a similar post written, but now I will simply agree. Depression is awful when it is real, but the amount of times it's used as a crutch has rendered any girl whining about how she may be depressed suspect.

Actually, sticking around to be treated like crap by the girl is the pussy way. A real man knows when to move on to better people.

it actually is really really hard for people, especially boyfriends or girlfriends, to be around depressed people. a lot of times you can't do anything to make them happy and they don't enjoy anything. i was depressed, i never wanted to go anywhere or do anything except sit in bed and watch tv. i wasn't a whiny bitch, i had a reason which i'm not going to get into. but it was really hard for my boyfriend to just watch me crying all the time and hating life. he stayed with me though. and i got over it, but it was really difficult for him and everyone else around me. it doesn't just affect the depressed person. it affects everyone around them. so i really don't blame the guy for wanting to take a break. especially if he had been around other people dealing with depression. it;s a hard thing to deal with for everyone. so it's not his fault. it's not really anyone's fault. it just is.

Oh, you didn't get the memo that saying "I'm depressed" gets you a mandatory 3 months minimum additional relationship time. OP is just another bitch that got dumped. The fact that she played the "I'm depressed" card has nothing to do with it.

mental disorders can be hereditary if they are caused by chemical imbalances. personality disorders are not hereditary because they are usually caused by a traumatic experience or something. but there are a ton of reasons for depression. it could be a chemical imbalance, personality disorder, lack of sleep, or just circumstances. so just because it runs in her family does not mean that the op has depression. and op, if you are depressed, you know it. it's not like oh i've been weird and depression runs in my family. and just because you are depressed does not mean you have depression. if you are worried about it, see a psychiatrist. if you do have depression, hopefully you can find good medicine to treat it and see a therapist. and you can't use depression as an excuse to be bitchy. so just be nice, and see a psychiatrist.

depressed people dont have the energy to be bitchy... and it can be hereditary. on my mothers side, my grandfather, aunt and mother have all been severely clinically depressed at some time. my father, grandmother and great grandmother on his side have all been clinically depressed, which im guessing is the reason that i fell into this illness so early.

i was depressed and i was bitchy. everyone who i've known that was depressed was bitchy too. one of the symptoms of depression is moodiness which usually makes people bitchy.

You don't exactly inherit it, but you can be predisposed. If one of your parents has suffered it in their life, you have about a 25% chance of developing it. If both parents have suffered it, it's a 75% chance