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Nov 20, 2009, 04:23 PM
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My boyfriend is having issues with anxiety right now. It started a few weeks ago. It seems to consume him and sometimes his anxiety is all he has on his mind. I give my support, and I love him. But it just sucks. We haven't had sex yet and we don't go on road trips because of the way he is feeling. It's still new, we've only been together for 2 months. So I guess I just wanna do fun things with him and stuff. I also have anxiety issues, but unlike him, I am doing really well right now. His family and I have been urging him to see a therapist and he finally made an appt. to see someone. I'm really happy that he's getting help. My complaint is that I wish we could do more fun things together. I don't mind not making love yet, but I just wish we could plan fun things to do. But when I say : would you like to "enter fun thing here" this weekend? He says "I'll have to see how I'm feeling." I just feel crushed. Maybe I need to create my own life and happiness apart from him and quit focusing on what he can't do w/ me? Thanks for listening. support and suggestions are appreciated.
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Nov 20, 2009, 05:37 PM
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He might need to be put on meds. Anxiety really can take everything out of you. It's really good that he's going to therapy. I would just wait and see what the therapist tells him.
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Nov 21, 2009, 01:47 PM
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His dr. put him on prozac but it was just a little over a week ago and he hasn't started feeling the effects yet. he sees counselor today, yay!
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Nov 21, 2009, 02:29 PM
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Sometimes it takes a couple weeks for the meds to work.
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Nov 22, 2009, 02:05 PM
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It's great that you are supportive of your BF but if things don't work out, then you ought to think of leaving for your own health/sanity.
Don't stick around wasting your time trying to mend a broken person/relationship... just move on and find someone else. Let them battle their own demons alone. Peppermint |
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Nov 22, 2009, 05:40 PM
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Yes, it's great to be supportive
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Nov 22, 2009, 11:31 PM
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Peppermint Patty, thanks for the advice. I'm not at that point and hopefully never will be, but I see where you are coming from. Thanks for the support Jerrymichele.
Despite the fact that he is having issues right now, I am happy with him. I think we are together for a reason and I love him. Today he came over to my house for pizza with my family and that was nice. He went to therapy yesterday and today and I notice a positive change in him. He has a positive attitude. I still don't understand why he obsesses about the negative.. but he's going to talk about it in therapy tomorrow. I am confident he will get better and learn ways to cope. |
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Nov 23, 2009, 06:04 PM
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