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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your friend may be suffering from depression.  I struggled with infertility for almost eight years before I had a baby from donor eggs.  I thought I was holding it together really well and nobody could tell what a complete mess I was, especially in the last few years.  After I had the baby and the fog cleared, I was able to see that I had almost completely shut down emotionally (and a sort of physically too).  I could feel myself starting to reconnect with life and enjoy people and things the way I used to be able to.  Your friend may not realize that her behavior is changing.  Depression can really change how you act, but the person with depression doesn't always realize how bad things have gotten.  With hindsight I can see how much I had withdrawn from life, but at the time I was making what felt like such an effort to stay engaged and not let people know what I was going through or have it impact our friendships. Luckily, I have some great friends who stuck by me.  I probably had some not so good friends who didn't, but I didn't have the emotional bandwidth to worry about that too much.   [/quote]

I think there is a lot of truth in this.  Perhaps considering that might take away some of the sting of feeling pushed away, OP?[/quote]

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