Can relationship issues cause depression?

the clients do their part by reconnecting within themselves and the relationship. By acknowledging and honoring their needs and boundaries, they respond more effectively to external stressors or relational challenges. This reconnection also enables their partners to choose to engage meaningfully in the “renewed” relationship or not. Once the client’s reconnection work and the behavioral shifts are done, it becomes clearer whether the relationship should be sustained, reshaped, or ended. And the client is empowered and resourceful enough to make that decision.

Apart from genetic factors or other health conditions, depression often arises from the emotional, physical, and mental blind spots (disconnections) we develop to survive. These blind spots serve us initially but eventually disconnect us from essential parts of ourselves, costing us dearly over time. We all create these blind spots, which become the things “we don’t know we once knew.” Recognizing and honoring these blind spots through meaningful behavioral shifts is a powerful way out of depression.

According to my experience, here is what healing from there looks like in a relational context:

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

I wouldn’t say that relationship issues cause depression outright, except in abusive situations. However, even non-abusive relationships can trigger it. What I see in my sessions with clients is that depression usually comes from a preexisting disconnection within the person’s awareness, a vital part of themselves that needs healing. This disconnection can be on any level: physical, emotional, psychological, mental, experiential, relational… Intimate relationships can deepen or reveal this disconnection but don’t create it.