[danieleco11]

For the past few weeks my girlfriend has been depressed and i don't know what do to help her, I've tried reading books about it to help her but i don’t think she even wants help, she tells she's just sad not depressed. The reason I think she is acting like this is because I leave in January, her job, and school. She just tells me she’s stressed out about everything in her life, but I know it’s more than that, the constant tiredness, telling me she wishes she could sleep forever she’s also told me how everything is moving too fast and she just wishes she could slow everything down, and so on. She talked to me a week ago about wanting to take a break from each other telling me, that me leaving is going to be hard on her and that maybe we should go different ways and maybe one day we will meet again, she says she still loves me and cares about me but it doesn't feel like it when she says she wants to take a break but still talk to each other. I wish I could help her through this but I don’t think that’s what she wants, having these last 2 months to rejoice with each other and she rarely wants to see me anymore, the communication is fading and its hard on our relationship because to me it doesn't seem like she cares. We've had our problems in the past but this is something completely different, I don’t know if I’m making her miserable or dragging her down or just annoying her, I have no clue.

[kaliope]

hi
it is difficult dealing with someone with depression and you hit on many of the red flags. if you want to help her encourage her to see a professional who can help. welcome to psych central. you will find we have several forums where you can post about your concerns and receive feedback from other members. you will get a lot of support here. again, welcome