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Old Oct 20, 2015, 12:27 AM
blackstrawberry blackstrawberry is offline
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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My boyfriend has bipolar, although I've never seen any major manifestations until recently. We have been dating for about 10 months, but fell completely in love and made plans for the future. He opened up to me about a lot of extremely personal details of his life his family doesn't even know. At the end of May we moved flying distance away from each other for graduate school but continued to visit each other fairly regularly. By the end of spring we would have the opportunity to once again move and be with each other. Recently in the past couple of months he's been clearly distant and seemingly down about life. He always acted so happy when we were together physically, but our visits even became pretty distant. I thought it was a result of the normal strain distance has on a relationship combined with his stress from school and worrying about what will happen once he graduates. Last week he called me crying for two hours saying this isn't working for him. He says he still loves me, but he just wants to be alone right now. There were no specific legitimate reasons. I'm not sure what to think of this because we share such a strong connection. He reluctantly agreed to a two week break and we will see each other when I visit him during a trip we had planned months ago. We haven't spoken since. Is this the right move? I can't imagine life without him. I love him so much and I want him to be happy, but I'm not sure a break up is best. How do I support him, while showing him I love him, but my love can't be taken for granted? Please help!