so these past few months have been mentally some of the worst months of my life, not only have I been super depressed as a result of school-related anxiety etc. my girlfriend has also been crumbling along with me. I’m in year 12, and in 1 month I will be doing my HSC, meaning this is the most frustrating, scary, anxiety-ridden experience of my life, and my girlfriend ( who is in the year below ) is also severely depressed. She has a very busy schedule, and we only get a chance to hang out on weekend nights. As a result of this she is always tired, sad, angry, anxious and so on and so forth. I try my hardest to take care of her; I listen, I care, I suggest, I comfort, but being in the midst of the HSC I’m also struggling and am finding it very hard to cope with everything going on. I’ve thought about ending the relationship, but I love her unimaginably and can’t do it solely because of a few months. Yet everyday, she gets worse and worse, and therefore I get worse and worse. She will tell me almost every night how she hates every aspect of her life, how she hates always being tired, always being sad, and straight up hates herself. I try to help but nothing I do makes her feel any better, she just shrugs it off and gets frustrated with me, hence making me stressed and having to prove my care for her. She’s not a bad person, like at all, but she is making me feel like I am because i can’t help. I’ve told her to try and free up some space; like telling her to maybe drop her dancing classes or soccer because that’s why she’s always tired and never has any time, but she’s been giving the same excuses of “it’s almost over” or “i used to be fine doing them all” for months now. I simply don’t know what to do, and because it’s not getting worse I’m scared she’s going to hurt herself
