Fun fact: when Freud discovered all his “female hysteria” patients were being abused by their own wealthy fathers, those same fathers threatened him to keep his mouth shut and the coward folded and came up with “penis envy” and “Electra complex” to cover it up.
Nobody likes you when you're depressed.
Plain and simple. We can talk all day about mental health and how important it is, but the moment you are depressed, people start to distance themselves. They see you as negative, a burden, and someone too heavy to handle.