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Girlfriend with depression, help.

Lost_boyfriend
Community Member

Hi guys,

Before anything, sorry for any spelling mistake.

My stituation is as it follows: i'm dating for almost three months now, my grilfriend has been fight with depression for 10 years, she is on treatment, drugs, and just started therapy, she was diagnosed with a little of the three types. She has also just left a VERY bad realationship (8 months +-) that hurt her a lot.

Thursday, her Premenstrual syndrome started, and she also entered in a 'crisis'. She closed her self off, wished to be alone, no contact, physical, or otherwise. With time she got better, started to reply to my text with more frequency, and all that. We spend sometime togheter on sunday, untill it started to be too much to her, then she left (we spent 8hrs, give or take, togheter).

Monday went ok.

Tuesday she started to push me away.

Wednesday i asked (bugged, really) her, and she told me that she was angry about something, wished to be calm, before talking about it, and that she wasn't sure if she wished to keep dating, even though we love each other, because i sometimes remember her ex, we are different and all that. The thing is, the week before was perfect, we are getting closer and closer as time goes by, but now she is like this.

I think what i whish to know is:

- Could her Premenstrual syndrome have started this 'crisis'?

- Is it normal for people with depression have doubts about keep going with relationships?

I know it is like that, she is 'ok' for now, and then she is not. 

I was very hurt with she acting like this, but i know i can't heal/fix her, i can only support and be there for her.

What can I do to help her? Give her some space to deal with it, keep acting like normal, sending text (she reply, sometimes), while she deals with it? Or what? Please, give me some advice.

 

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Pixie15
Community Member

Hi,

It sounds like your girlfriend is doing what she needs to get her life back on track

It is understandable that if she has recently ended a difficult relationship that she would want to take her time to make sure that she does not repeat the same mistake. Eight hours is a lot of time to spend with one person.

It might help to give her some space. Try to plan time together that is not open ended so that you can build up trust. In the meantime get on with your own life doing what you were doing before you met. 

If you have enough in common to sustain your relationship in the long-term it wont be harmed by your both having time to pursue other interests.

Grateful.