Thanks for the responses! I appreciate it! He told me that he wants to protect me by staying away because he knows he may hurt me again unintentionally. He claims it kills him to think of how much he hurt me when we broke up and never wants to put me through that again. So it's for that reason that he thinks we should end it. But at the same time he says it's difficult because it would kill him to let me go because of how he feels about me, he wants me in his life and is unhappy when I'm gone. He asked me to bear with him and understand that it's his illness that makes him so moody.

Maybe I will get the strength to end it, but I'm scared that I might regret it. Aside from the fact that I have strong feelings for him, I'm afraid no one will love me like he does because no one ever has. All my past relationships where one sided; they loved me more than I loved them, or vice versa. With him there's this strong connection I'm afraid to lose Every relationship isn't perfect, but in the long run I'm not so sure I can do this. I'm confused.