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i think women can sense things about men... i think they look for certain traits and possibly grade us on where in the scale we fit...

i dont think being depressed is unattractive to all women, but i think they search for partners who exhibit traits they can identify with...

just guessing, but i think women search for traits in a partner that compliment her own self percieved traits in a way...

i think women begin a search for a mate with hopes of survival in mind... some character traits may appeal to her more than others..

as a depressive, i can say with certainty it affected all my relationships, not only romantically...

i think the experience of depression has taught me many things about who i dont want to be...

timeforsleep... just dont ever let your current self view become fixated in your mind as if that is all there is and all there ever will be...

growth and change can happen...

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Yes I see what you mean. I think most women see it as unnattractive and unmanly. I am a coward in many ways in my life so that is just one of them. It is very difficult.