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Aug 05, 2012, 01:20 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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I'm so sorry things have ended this way. Unfortunately it seems that he was more ill that it appeared. Some people are better at hiding their illnesses than others, and apparently, he was.
I've been suffering from severe depression since I was a small child, and most people have NO idea that I suffer from it. I appear happy and secure and with no anxiety -- and that could be no farther from the truth!  I'm an insecure, anxiety-ridden, depressed widow and have been this way for as long as I can remember!!!  I've learned how to hide these things because I don't want to look like a glum, slumped over, sad old woman. I don't want to push people away any more than I already do just with my personality! LOL
So evidently, your friend has hidden his illness from you until now -- and now it has appeared, full-blown and he can't handle it. He's pushing you away because perhaps you've gotten "too close" and he doesn't want you to see the "real him." He may be having a "flare up" of some of his symptoms and certainly he doesn't want you to have to see THAT. That would embarass him to death, as well as probably scare YOU. lol
That's probably why he's askiing for space, and doesn't want you around. I'm just guessing here, but that's what it sounds like. I surely wouldn't take it personally because I don't think it has anything to do with YOU.
I imagine you'll hear from him at a later date UNLESS he's embarassed that you may have figured this out. If that's the case you may not hear from him at all, and that would be too bad. So give him some space, and if you don't hear from him in a couple of weeks or a month, text him or call him and see how he's doing. Don't let him know that you suspect it's his illness or anything. Just let him know that you care.
I wish you the very best. Keep us posted, ok? God bless. Hugs, Lee 
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