WendyAussie - hats off to you - you are stronger than you realise.

I for some reason really battle with being alone. Be it for a few hours at home, or to not be in a relationship. In November, I will have been with my boyfriend for 6 years (Bar a half year, complicated break!). Even when things go up and down, I'd rather stick it out than leave.
I've only recently been dx'd and I think it scared him, due to his assumptions of what it meant. But I have to explain to him when he pushes triggers, upsets me, when I'm feeling down, when I jsut don't want to socialise. It's very important that he walks this road WITH me. And while he's not the type of person to be my rock, he's getting there. We definitely need those people in our life