Hello, I am new here so I am sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I have a question. My boyfriend suffers from bipolar disorder and has also been told he may have some dissociative traits as well.
Every time something happens in his life that is tough, he breaks down and tells me that he is going to run away/move away to California. He has been doing this since January (we started dating in November) and has done it everytime he gets very upset about something, usually having to do with his ex and issues over their daughter.
He obviously never made good on his threats to leave, but something just happened again and I really think he is going to leave this time. He said he cant deal with the stress and he knows no other way to get away from it other than to move to the other side of the country, away from eam so new here i dont know how to reply to a post.verything here that he knows. He has told me he already has a job out there and a place to live. He just sprung this on me 4 days ago. He hasn't talked about running away since March.
My question is, is this common when suffering from bipolar disorder? Will he really leave this time, and is there anything I can do to stop him? Make him realize that yes, this is a tough time and very frustrating, but he can't just run away from his problems.
I am just so scared. I love him so much and I don't know what to do in this situation...

Thank you