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Old Jul 05, 2016, 12:34 PM
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Thanks for the responses, everyone.

I feel much better about my relationship now. He was really sweet last night on the phone, and seemed to be proud that I was engaging in a lot of self-care behaviors in the face of my depressive symptoms. I know he still loves me and is still in love with me. This sensation of him pulling away is only about a week old and corresponds to the beginning of my depressive feelings.

I think I let my mood color my view of him, our relationship, and my life in general. He's a really great guy, and he loves me. He just doesn't want me to wallow in a puddle of self-pity when I'm depressed, because it doesn't make me feel better.

I've been kind of paranoid lately, looking at a lot of people in my life and wondering if they don't really like me, or if they are intentionally trying to hurt me. It's the darn mood disorder. And I had this thing under such good control. *sigh* I will recover from this minor dip in mood quickly.

I feel guilty that I let my out-of-control mood taint my view of my beloved.

One thing I learned from this is that I need to expand my life so that I have other friends and other things to make me happy than just my relationship.
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