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Old Jul 12, 2010, 03:27 AM
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I often feel I want to get away from everything.
I sometimes think that due to the PB we make decisons that in hindsight we are not proud of. They may be sending inappropriate sms's, getting irrationally irritable with people, taking on more at work than we can handle, saying things that we didn't mean...
Sometimes looking back it can seem that we cannot ever rectify these things, and the only solution is to up ship and start over somewhere else afresh.
We however need to learn better coping skills. Moving to start afresh is a short-term solution, as it's only a matte rof time until we find ourselves in the same position again.

When your boyfriend gets overwhelmed that things in his life are just too much, rather encourage him to go to sleep and see how things look in the morning. The issues in his life need to be broken into bite-sized chuncks, and dealt with bit by bit when he feels strong enough too.

Hang in there - I commend you for wanting to help. People like you are invaluable to BP sufferers. It's a dark and lonely road at times, but having a partner like you will surely light up the path!
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