I started taking medication and somehow regained self esteem, I don’t think we will get back together. Looking in hindsight, it’s like I would only talk to him when I knew alcohol would cleanse my palate post interactions. Sad.
We didn’t get back together. I am doing better now, because his lack of support kind of propelled my depression. So I needed some space and clarity to find who I was again without the constant pressures.
Things aren’t perfect, but I’m at least able to recognize myself and my needs better, slowly every day. And I can’t feel that I’m missing out on much considering near the end my needs were basically invisible to him while I was constantly exercising all my energy on attending to him. It’s sad but this is the way it went. Here’s to a new year!
I dumped my boyfriend because i was depressed and struggling with an eating disorder. We didnt get back together. When i was recovering and became happier, i realized i wouldnt want to date someone like him. He wasnt necessarily the reason for my mental illness but my mental illness liked him. He was not very detail oriented and non-confrontational so i was able to get away with a lot of ed behaviors. He never challenged me or encouraged me to get better. I now realize that i didnt really care for him, he was just a person in my life that was consistently there and helped with my loneliness
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We never got back together. My depression lifted after leaving him, I didn’t want it to return.
He was making things worse. Now I am a little bit better.
I started taking medication and somehow regained self esteem, I don’t think we will get back together. Looking in hindsight, it’s like I would only talk to him when I knew alcohol would cleanse my palate post interactions. Sad.
We didn’t get back together. I am doing better now, because his lack of support kind of propelled my depression. So I needed some space and clarity to find who I was again without the constant pressures.
Things aren’t perfect, but I’m at least able to recognize myself and my needs better, slowly every day. And I can’t feel that I’m missing out on much considering near the end my needs were basically invisible to him while I was constantly exercising all my energy on attending to him. It’s sad but this is the way it went. Here’s to a new year!
We did not get back together. I spent 10 months afterwards addressing my mental health through professional means.
By time I was “out of the woods”, I was basically a new person. From a compatibility standpoint, it wouldn’t have worked if we tried.
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The depression stayed with him.
Much better! And no! They were interrelated apparently.
I dumped my boyfriend because i was depressed and struggling with an eating disorder. We didnt get back together. When i was recovering and became happier, i realized i wouldnt want to date someone like him. He wasnt necessarily the reason for my mental illness but my mental illness liked him. He was not very detail oriented and non-confrontational so i was able to get away with a lot of ed behaviors. He never challenged me or encouraged me to get better. I now realize that i didnt really care for him, he was just a person in my life that was consistently there and helped with my loneliness