Why are depressed people attracted to each other? Is it the whole damage attracts damage idea?

Edit** my past SO and even the current people I’m talking to - they have a distinct signature of sadness & melancholy. Idk if it’s healthy as well (for myself and the other party)

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I think it’s the ability to empathise with each other which leads to connection

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It’s fun and therapeutic to wallow is sorrow with someone else.

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They say there are people who bond with joys in life and those that bond with sadness in life. Probs just that those people are the latter

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If I am sad and I see other people sad as well, I will not be that sad since I am not alone/not the saddest.

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I think it’s knowing how to act around others. If your SO is sad and depressed, you aren’t going to be going around being super excited.
You are also likely sad as your SO is sad and depressed and you care about this person immensely so it hurts you to see them that way.

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Are you me?

Like attracts like, and recognizing the trend in many of my exes and the people I’m attracted to in general was really the push I needed to start exploring and working on my own tendencies toward anxiety and depression.

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