Yes I've felt guilty and it doesn't help. It is normal though.

When I was really seriously depressed at 16/17 my mum was constantly blaming me for her own unhappiness. I always remember the time that she told me that she was going to the doctors because I'd made her depressed; you cannot imagine the satisfaction I felt when she came back from the doctors having been told she wasn't depressed, she was just unhappy.

I finished with my first real gf after we'd been together for a few years because I knew I was relapsing and didn't think it5 be fair on her. In hindsight it was selfish rather the gallent act I imagined it to be.

I'm currently in a relationship where I feel utterly useless as most of the time I barely have the motivation to get out of bed. My gf tends to do all the chores which I constantly feel guilry for.

Ultimately people who love you will help as much as they are able. The only person you are truly a burden to is yourself.

Allow yourself the freedom to accept who you are and the state that you're in, only then will you be able to move forwards.

Phreak