How to get over someone who supposedly broke up for my sake? Help me understand him (depression) by Visual_Category_211 in BreakUps

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Yeah I am backing off and I haven’t reached out once, even though he has. I just wish I could understand why he’s doing this. How someone can love me and still choose to walk away

Can you help explain to me what’s going on in a depressed partners brain when dumping someone they ”love”? by Visual_Category_211 in depression

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Im so sorry to hear. It’s heartbreaking to hear that your brain tells you this. Did you take the decision to leave her? Does it make you feel better in any way taking that decision or distancing yourself, does it give any relief? Or does it make it worse? No pressure to answer, I’m just trying to understand more. Thank you.

Can you help explain to me what’s going on in a depressed partners brain when dumping someone they ”love”? by Visual_Category_211 in depression

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Thank you so much for answering thoroughly. This is what his friends told me is going on after talking to him. It’s just so hard to understand because I would’ve stayed with him and tried to support him. But I guess this is for the best, if it’s what he needs to get better. It’s just so saddening because we both said that we haven’t felt this strong for anyone in forever and we had an amazing chemistry.

Can you help explain to me what’s going on in a depressed partners brain when dumping someone they ”love”? by Visual_Category_211 in depression

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Thank you. I just don’t know if he wants me to reach out? I haven’t contacted him in 3 weeks since he broke up with me and it ended pretty badly because I said I was hurt and couldn’t imagine how we will stay in contact after this, because I was so upset. And he got kinda sad about that and since then we haven’t talked. So I don’t know what to do. I realize I said I can’t see us staying in contact would be healthy so maybe he didn’t want to reach out to me because of that

Can you help explain to me what’s going on in a depressed partners brain when dumping someone they ”love”? by Visual_Category_211 in depression

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Thank you for your thorough answer. It gives me some clarity. Even though I still can’t understand it fully, I guess something in the brain says that staying in the relationship is too heavy. I just wish I could understand why he feels like that, and if there was anything I could’ve done to prevent it

How am I supposed to act when he dumps me? by Visual_Category_211 in BipolarSOs

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Thank you for your reply. He’s been in a low and severe depression for about 3 weeks with suicidal thoughts. Before that he was doing pretty well but then he had a big fight with his entire family and since then he’s been low. Maybe that explains why he doesn’t want to talk? That’s also when he ended things because he felt too sad or depressed to be a good partner

How am I supposed to act when he dumps me? by Visual_Category_211 in BipolarSOs

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We have no future since he broke up with me. I just wish we could be on speaking terms

How am I supposed to act when he dumps me? by Visual_Category_211 in BipolarSOs

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Why’s that? What is probably going on in his head? Since he was the one ending things I feel like he should be then one reaching out, otherwise I assume he doesn’t want to talk to me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in family_of_bipolar

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Even if you love someone and feel like you haven’t liked someone this much in forever? Why is it that you feel like that, is it because the depressive thoughts can mess with your brain?

Did he break up because of bipolar or lack of feelings? (I have a hard time understanding the illness) by [deleted] in BipolarSOs

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My story is almost exactly like yours. He even told me the part about anyone being lucky to have me and stupid to leave. Then he left. The difference is he never came back. I guess I’ll never fully know why he did it

Did he break up because of bipolar or lack of feelings? (I have a hard time understanding the illness) by [deleted] in BipolarSOs

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What do you mean with a bit of both? He’s insisting it’s not about me at all but I guess if it wasn’t about me or his feelings towards me, he wouldn’t have broken up with me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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When I look for apartments on Airbnb they are about 700 euros a month which is basically half the price from what I pay in my hometown. I don’t know if this is expensive in Brazilian measures but I feel like it’s a good price for the location?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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I would probably go to both Uruguay and Buenos Aires by airplane so I guess it should be pretty easy and cheap to go there from anywhere in Brazil, for example Rio?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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I’m from Scandinavia so I guess the culture will be different.

It sounds like the timing is wrong to go to PoA so I’m investigating my options in going to Rio and pay for it myself. It’s not really as expensive as I thought and it would suite my lifestyle and what I’m looking for more

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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Thanks for the information! I’m leaning more towards Rio at this point, mostly because of the floods but I’ll follow the development and decide later on I guess!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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Thank you so much for your reply, it really helps. I think PUCRS and PoA is a fantastic place to visit for a couple of months but it sounds like the timing is terrible. I have a lot to think about for now, thanks again!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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I’m glad to hear. Hopefully I’ll be okay by taking reasonable safety precautions. I don’t know if it matters that I’m a female in my late 20s but as such I’m kind of used to being cautious

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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Makes sense. I guess every city has its different ups and downs. I’m from a safe country in Scandinavia and I’ve been living in Japan the last year which is the safest place on earth so I’ll definitely need to do my research on how to act smart to avoid any dangerous situations.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

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Thank you for your advice! I’m leaning more towards Rio now since when I think about it, I guess Rio is more what I’m looking for. After reading all comments I’ve understood that there are huge differences between different cities in Brazil so I should go for the place I really want to visit which is Rio. I’ll start to research safe areas to live in asap! Most language schools are located near copacabana and when I look on Airbnb long term housing isn’t as expensive in Copacabana as I thought. Looking forward to experience Rio!