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There is nothing quite like the pain you feel when your relationship partner breaks up with you. You often find yourself with so many questions. This article will explore how to deal with feelings of depression, after experiencing a breakup.

You need to recognize that a break up is a loss. It is similar to death. You had a relationship with someone, and now it is gone.

One thing that can make moving on from a breakup difficult is if you have a lot of unresolved feelings. Often times people beat themselves up and ask themselves "what if", or "why did he or she think this". The truth is that you will never get the answers to these questions. You need to find a way to become at peace with the relationship, and recognize that it is over.

Before you do that, you will just continue to dwell in the "what if’s", which will not do you any good.

You should also allow yourself time to grieve. Sometimes people try to repress the sad feelings that they have, in hope that they will go away, but this just doesn’t work. You need to be expressing your feelings because if you don’t, they will find some other way to come out, believe me!

A breakup can lead someone to have a very low opinion of themselves. They see the breakup as a rejection, and assume that something is wrong with them. This is just not true! Breakups happen all of the time simply because two people are not compatible. That does not make either one a bad person.

Have you ever wondered if you have Bipolar Disorder? It is not uncommon to wonder if you have a mental illness, let’s first start by exploring what exactly bipolar disorder is:

The DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), which is the criteria on which all disorders are judged, defines bipolar disorder as the occurrence of one or more manic or mixed episodes often accompanied by depressive episodes. Even if you’re depressed almost all of the time, going through just one manic episode qualifies you for a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

So to summarize, it is about feeling up and down, with no real criteria of needing to be up more then down, and vice versa.

But the big question here then, is what exactly does it mean to have a manic and or depressive episode? Certainly we all feel up and down sometimes, does that mean we are all bipolar?

To experience a depressive episode, you need to experience depression on a clinical level. This is what makes the difference. If you feel down, I would encourage you to take a step back from your situation and look at a few factors:

Is the depression creating a significant impairment on your life? Examples of this would be things like: is it effecting your job, the relationships around you, are you sleeping a significant amount of time?

These are all signs of a potential problem.

If you suspect that you may be experiencing depressive and manic episodes, I would encourage you to speak to someone. We all experience ups and downs, but if they are having a significant impact on your life, it is time for you to seek help. Wouldn’t you like to have your life back in order?

The internet certainly has changed the world and opened up many opportunities. One of these is online therapy. Online therapy allows you to meet online with a therapist from the comfort of your own home.

Are you struggling with feelings of depression? One thing that you should realize is that depression is more common then you may realize. When we become depressed, we tend to focus on the negatives, and can fail to see the positives, even though they are still there.

When you feel depressed, it is comforting to be able to talk to someone about how you feel, and recognize that you are not the only one experiencing troubles.

Online therapy would focus on helping you to find a way to deal with your depression. It would begin by taking an objective look at your life, and your situation. Your therapist would work with you to find the cause of the depression. Once the cause is identified, a plan of action can be created.

A plan of action is a set of steps that you can work on to deal with your depression. Often times when people feel depressed, they tend to distort reality a bit. They see the future as offering no hope when in fact there is always hope. There are things that you can do to make your future better. It is just that sometimes you can’t see these steps for yourself. You need an objective person such as a therapist, to steer you through the confusion, so you can start working on things to reduce your depression.