Hi guys,

Recently I've been having bouts of depression that seem to be linked to my girlfriend. I've made a thread before in which I explained the fact that I seem to get deeply depressed for very short periods of time (ranging from a couple of hours to maybe 2-3 days tops) and that I didn't know why I had these moments.

Since then I've been keeping a "feelings diary" in which I write down when I get depressed like this and what I did beforehand. I've started to notice that I feel depressed quite often after seeing my girlfriend.

My girlfriend and I have only been together for 2 months. Prior to that we were in a kind of friends with benefits relationship which in the start made me really depressed because I was in love with her and she wasn't in love with me.

During that time I was actually diagnosed with depression and I got even more depressed about anything that dealt with her. I believe that what may be causing my depressive bouts now is some sort of unconscious trigger of my emotions that is linked to that time when I was really depressed.

My question to you is: is this at all possible or could it be something else? If it is, how do I deal with it? Should I break up with her or face my "depression trigger" and stick it out?

Thanks in advance

Edit: I really do like my girlfriend. We have a good time together usually and when I'm with her I only sometimes feel slightly "bummed out" but not really depressed. It's only after I'm done seeing her.