 

I have been in a relationship with my depressed girlfriend for 3 years and despite the challenges and down moments in our relationship I'm staying because I love her and don't believe that there is no hope for people so we just have to leave them (this may change but for the past 3 years this is what is in my mind). How about you, what makes you stay in a relationship with a loved one, despite them being depressed?

I'd just like to share that I hate the double standard of people saying "Never leave a depressed person and be there to listen to them and comfort them in their dark times." But when their dark times come the advice will be "get out, it's not your responsibility." I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying it's a double standard that I can't understand.