Your relationships greatly affect all faculties more than you dare to admit. Relationship difficulties can cause the development of depression. Relationship depression is brought by unmet expectations and unsettled strains in any kind of relationship.
You can manage relationship depression by tackling expectations and strains in a relationship. Expectations in a relationship often meet disappointment in real life. We tend to forget that even if in a commitment, a relationship is about two different individuals who tend to have different expectations. Keep your expectations in a common ground of healthy and mutual compromise. Strains in any relationship is normal but if left in the dark could lead to resentment build up. Open communication is essential to prevent this from happening. Expressing mixed emotions caused by strains in a relationship helps in finding solutions or outlet. If a relationship has been severed or at the brink of failing, have yourself evaluate the situation objectively. Stay if you can but leave if you cannot and be ready for the onset of relationship depression. Always allow yourself to heal and deal with the consequences of your decision.
Relationship depression is a personal battle that will come and go throughout your life. It is a state when you can evaluate a relationship and allow personal growth. This is easier said than done but you also have a more important relationship with yourself. You owe it to yourself to build better and not bitter relationships after failed ones.