Hi there.
I've been friends with this guy I met , we met 4 months ago. Since the time that I've met him I've had a lot going on in regards to my mental health along with the passing away of my mother. I recently discovered that he has a girlfriend which he has been with for 3 weeks now and he never told me. This hurts me a lot because I thought we were really going somewhere and he meant so much to me and was always there for me when I needed him to be as I was for him. I know that it's only been 4 months since I have met him but I think that I may be in love with him and I feel completely crazy for saying this as most would say it's too soon. It hurts to feel like I wasn't good enough for him, that he replaced me (I've been in the hospital for a long time due to mental illness so he may have gotten bored and wanted a new friend?) we were best friends and to see him be with someone else hurts more then anything. He said that he still wants to keep our friendship in good standing but ever since he got a girlfriend things just haven't been the same between us and I don't think they ever will be. I need advice on what I should do in this situation because I'm trying to better myself, trying to be a happier more positive person , trying to overcome my mental illness and sometimes I feel as if my illness is what came between us being together because he couldn't handle me and I didn't want to burden and inflict my illness onto him. I have severe depression and social anxiety but my doctors think that I may have bi polar disorder. Basically what I need here is opinions, should I stay friends with him, or should I not? I feel as if for the sake of my happiness ending the friendship is something I need to do but I also don't want it to seem like I'm jealous and I do not want to do something that I may regret in the future. Thanks.