Hi, my name is Ariana, and I just joined the Psych Central community. I've decided to join the community on behalf of my friend. Long story short, we were in a relationship years ago, but out of the blue one day he decided to break up with me for no reason at all. 2-3 years later, we start talking again, and he tells me that he has a mood disorder, (not full-blown bi-polar disorder, but he falls somewhere along this spectrum). I still really care about him and we still talk, but from time to time he'll tell me that he broke up with me for a reason, and then we may not talk again for a couple weeks/sometimes a month. I'm just really confused as to how he really feels about me. When he's well and we talk, he tells me he loves me, but when he starts to lapse he says he doesn't want to be with me anymore and pushes me away.

Is anyway else in a similar situation? How do you know if they really do love you despite what they say? I believe he does because we still talk after 8 years of knowing each other and he disclosed his illness to me, but at times like this I start to second-guess myself.