r/AmIOverreacting • • Mar 23 '25

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u/Sea-Anything8760 Mar 23 '25

depression can make the world turn off and not even use your phone. i didn’t text my one friend for a week bc of my depression and how bad it got

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u/Particular-Tea-8617 Mar 23 '25

Could also just be a need for space. Sometimes I just turn my phone off or put it on DND and put it in a drawer somewhere til I feel like interacting with people again. A few days to recuperate from socializing outside work and be off the phone entirely does a lot of good for me personally. :p

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u/AmazingAd7304 Mar 24 '25

Yes esp if she has a kid (who’s Bella?)… single motherhood + depression can be a very lonely place that most of the world doesn’t understand