In my experience, living with an abusive relationship is more depressing than living alone.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120323001246.htm
ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2012) — The number of people living on their own has doubled, over the last three decades, to one in three in the UK and US. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that the risk of depression, measured by people taking antidepressants, is almost 80% higher for those living alone compared to people living in any kind of social or family group.
For women a third of this risk was attributable to sociodemographic factors, such as lack of education and low income. For men the biggest contributing factors included poor job climate, lack of support at the work place or in their private lives, and heavy drinking.
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Poor housing conditions (especially for women) and a lack of social support (particularly for men) were the main contributory factors to this increased risk."
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