Hi,
My partner and I have been together for 14 months and for at least the last 7 months, it has been an emotional roller coaster.
My partner told me within the first 2-3 months that he suffers from depression and he has tried to commit suicide before.
Over the past 6 months he has bought a new business, a family member has been diagnosed with cancer and he has lost a friend to suicide.
I really try my hardest to support him, be there for him and look after him but he becomes distant, withdraws, shuts down, ignores me, and treats me as if I’m invisible.
I am confused at the moment as when I first met him, he was like a different person and it feels like he isn’t who he portrayed in the beginning and I don’t recognise him.
I guess I have always felt somewhat taken for granted and unappreciated, but the past weeks have been crushing. He told me last week that he wanted me to be more supportive but I don’t know what else I could possibly do. When I asked him, he had nothing to tell me.
I honestly don’t know what I am supposed to do. Unfortunately, my mental health is now being effected and I feel quite overwhelmed and desperate.
He has told me he use to see a psychologist and has been on medication in the past, however, when I asked him about seeing his psychologist he said no and he knows what he has to do.
The roller coaster and ongoing stress is making me sick.
What can I do to support him? Any advice appreciated.
