Something that I tried with my own Helper from several years ago I took him with me to a therapist appointment. Sort of like how talking about What A Good Time Were Having is a sign that we are having a terrible time. Yeah. Before that I was open to a lot of possible scenarios, but anger is a red flag in this situation. A Redditor has been slammed online for trying to dictate to their sister's boyfriend how they should eat their dinner. The problem is that if you cannot afford to pay it yourself the vehicle will eventually be repossessed so it is just a matter . Your Mileage May Vary. LW, Im so sorry youre dealing with this. Thanks for this post, Captain and LW. Anyway, enough about me. With that said, the author adds the context that the dog was originally her ex-boyfriend's, and he had been trying to get his dog back for a while. That said, hes gotten very good about saying, OK, I can take over X now, please stop when X can be things like make sure I take my meds, make sure I eat, make sure I fill my pill pack, etc. Hlepy people may accept correctionor they may not. OK, so let us assume for a moment that your boyfriend is not actually a Raging Arsehole whos trying to create his own Stepford Girlfriend, and that he genuinely is trying to help you. So even when your partner needs you all the time, you get to take time and space for yourself. It can be really hard from the outside. The internal CSP/hair-pulling/cutting voice is bad enough, but the absolute best thing ever (vomit) is when someone decides to be your saviour, and heal you of your ~habits~ Nothing on earth is more supportive and caring than demanding that you roll your sleeves up/remove your hat/prove youre behaving well. Im sad because the person I love is sad, and I want them to be happy. Its all a blur of low-level bad or just unsatisfying, without anything kicking you in the ass to say GET OUT OF THERE. Not immediately or perfectly, but noticeably and more over time. Even after I told him I wasnt interested in doing that, hed bring it up ad naseum. I should have left him at various points throughout the relationship but I just didnt see how bad it was until I had the vantage of hindsight. My partner and I take walks, and thats about as far as it goes at this point. I grew up with people who were allergic to being encouraging. This is sporadic enough that it hasnt become a sticking-point in our relationship (yet! You deserve to be with someone who shows you respect who likes you the way you are, who isnt always trying to fix you and who listens when you ask him to stop certain behaviours rather than telling you your request is ridiculous. Get him to chase you instead." That is good friendly advice but there's a little more to it than that. When Dad was having a pity party, I flat out told him that he had driven her away with his constant controlling and put downs. Maybe it's been a day, or days, or even weeks. I hope that both you and the LW are able to get the unconditional love and actually helpful support you deserve, either in your current relationships or elsewhere. I certainly noticed the drop in my fitness when I moved cities to a place where I could no longer walk to work every day. LW, as someone who struggles with depression with a spouse who struggles with depression, heres what concerns me about your letter: Your boyfriend is expecting you to be accountable to a list of tasks hes set, rather than treating you with compassion and helping you help yourself. Yeah and also see direct quote/short version of him. Your current boyfriend sounds a bit like my first one. Changing roles is hard even for people with the best hearts and intentions and experiencing some friction around that isnt really a surprise, so if you have trust and like and respect, you *might* look past and/or forgive the Logick Kraken the first time or two it comes out to play. (I dont think its as uncommon as people would have you think.). A Kalgoorlie-Boulder woman has been fined for trying to stop police from chasing her boyfriend who had committed an office while out drinking by standing at the entrance of an alleyway he was using to run away. If he can hear criticism and change his behavior accordingly, then maybe thats a partnership that can be forged. One more reason for doing so, as soon as its possible. Absolutely. Regarding being able to change people: LWs boyfriend is *technically* correct if he continues with his controlling behaviour, it will almost certainly change the LW just not into the the happy, healthy LW he is trying to sell them. I knew I was terribly unhappy, but I felt like maybe our problems were our fault and if maybe I could just find the *right* way to ask for respect >.<, So yeah I agree like 99% that this is a DTMFA situation. After it was removed, it was discovered ability to experience emotions was also gone due to damage from the tumor and the surgery. If I turn back to him and say I dont feel like it, hes completely down with that. I use up a lot of my energy every day just trying to keep myself vaguely adequately fed, and having somebody help out like that can be such a good thing. Another script LW may want to try: How does this affect you?'. http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/77777760800/, https://captainawkward.com/2011/11/05/question-130-my-partner-is-depressed-and-i-am-drowning/, https://captainawkward.com/2013/01/05/429-430-when-depression-is-contagious/, Follow CaptainAwkward.com on WordPress.com. He seems to have set up this power imbalance in the relationship where he is right and the one to be listened to and you are the one who needs to be told what to do and that makes me very uncomfortable. Count me in with the DTMFA crowd. Nope, cant recall this either. Yes. Ikind of feel like a great, positive life change that will help combat depression is getting this dude the hell away from where you are, OP. I have one word for you, LW. Founded in 2010, Thought Catalog is owned and operated by The Thought & Expression Company, Inc. For over a decade, we've been at the bleeding edge of media, pioneering an infrastructure for creatives to flourish both artistically and financially. The Logick Kraken might make a lot of sense to you, at first. Nothing is good enough. What it shows is that, really, the storytellers have no idea what your problem works or feels like. And it shouldnt sound like shes opening the floor to discussion on that one. So even if what LW does affected her bf a lot (and it doesnt), the two of them putting themselves in the position of BF polices LW is bad for both of them. And how can we fix it? No give me your logical reasons why this is a thing that is hurtful, no I dont think youre actually hurt about this, I think its this other thing. Maybe, if in addition to saying What youre doing isnt helping me, you say, this is what you can do to help, hell be more responsive. Dumping him when it became clear hed rather boss me around than support me! LW, I dont think your bf loves you for you. And Ive gotten better about listening. The idea of setting up a should about something like food or exercise for her and expecting her to abide by it sounds abhorrent. And I think the reason for that might be that he doesnt understand depression AT ALL. Oh LW that dude is not being nice to you. You dont need fixing, LW. The fact that you said, complete with arm-flailing inflatable tube-men and blinky neon arrows, Hey, your helpyness is actually making my depression worse/making it harder for me to make changes, and HE DOUBLED DOWN makes me worried and also kind of like I want to smack him with a dead fish on your behalf (Im a whitefish knight, har de har har). When he was in a show that had evening rehearsals nearly every night of the week, I ordered personal Mahi Mahis like every single night. Do you ever get the feeling that your relationship would be completely over if you stop initiating texts or hang outs? I spent four years in a relationship like that, where nothing was ever good enough and taking steps to be a better Me was met with derision and controlling behaviours, and I know so much how hard it is. Heres my own take-away from my therapist: Your thoughts and your feelings are valid and welcome! Took about two years for me to believe that sentence. He had money and I didnt. You are worth loving for who you are, and you are worth loving the way you want to be loved. So I gave him a list of things he can do to help. He subsequently became paralyzed by any decision making because he could no longer prioritize between options without emotions. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. All the love and respect in the world, dear Terrible. I think you are going to be just fine and that you know what is best for you. Or maybe your boyfriend hasnt really been invested from the beginning and what seemed like an effort on his part was simply because he felt obliged to try since you gave him such strong signals early on. Some men just dont want to be committed; it is not your responsibility to change that. And part of me wanted me to be healthier, and that part of me knew the answer to what should I eat was not wheel of cookies, but that part of me was not very loud and I had other stuff to attend to first (like surviving the crippling, paralyzing insecurities triggered by grad school and grappling with what an abusive buttwad my dad was with a trained mental health professional), and you know what? Seconded! Some of the things the LW mentioned (such as helping with chores) certainly could affect the boyfriend, while there are other things (the LWs exercise and food intake) that do NOT affect the boyfriend. Does he want you not to be depressed because it would be a good thing for your mental health and stability or does he want A Girlfriend Who Doesnt Act Depressed All The Time because that would be more comfortable for him? He both wanted me to look up to him, admire him, and follow his lead, and for me to be a more confident, assertive person who dressed sexier, partied heartier, and loved to dance. If you like to cook, it might be really awesome if you two discuss the idea of having friends over for dinner a bit more often. It could be as simple as the fact that neither of you is interested in each other anymore. And if he wont respect boundaries, keeps behaving like this? Also, if its pre-arranged (and do make sure she agrees, of course), its harder to back out than it is to decide not to go over to see somebody else. Tell him the reasons why so he can understand. My therapist is big on one thing at a time, and if the way I was going to get my paper done on time was by subsisting on the cookies I could reach from my bed, well hey, the papers done! The goalposts will keep moving. LW, Ive been in your shoes, and youre ignoring how very NOT nice the boyfriend is being with all this. (Why cant the government just ask married or not married? Release your grip and be open to any possibility in your relationship. But even if it comes from good intentions to fix you, its ableist and hurtful and the opposite of helpful. Cant get to the I want? Respect is really important in relationships. It sounds terrible. Or will. If your social group feels patch and thin, take steps to meet new people. Obviously YMMV, but Ive added that to my ever expanding list of red flags, right after people who proudly announce that they have no filter!! It makes me feel like nothing I do will ever be good enough, that he will always focus on what Im not doing instead of what I am trying to do. Forgive me, but I get the feeling from your letter that its the latter. So if your partner was discussing ending the relationship because you were depressed and not in therapy/not taking medication/not engaging in self-care, that would be a reasonable reaction. I needed therapy, not just support, and his well-meaning attempts to get me active were grating and undermining to me. I didnt do it for you. Theres also a significant element of what he wants/feels entitled to in there. First, lets consider the signs youll notice when your boyfriend stops making an effort. Not that I care much about LWs BF, but she does. Take care of yourself. Don't put any extra effort into those who drain you. I liked the suggestion made upthread to use the BF for practicing your new boundary-setting skills on. 2) said, Im going to [the gym, for a run, to walk the dog, to a coffee shop to get out of the apartment for a bit], want to come? And the accepted my yes or no WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. you can do it! the whole time. That's key: the minute there's no effort from both partners, then there's no relationship. Its not that simple, and boyfriend ought to stop acting like it is. They are raw cookie dough and you can see the cookie and you want the cookie, but the cookie dough is just not done enough, but you really want that cookie so much and you know how much better it would be if it were finished baking.and so you are mad that they arent doing what it takes to be a cookie. Following the health was hurt because of being pushed to overlook boundaries thought, what Im most afraid of is: does LWs depression come with any self-harming inclinations? Apologise, and never say that to me again. I like to have a logical reason for everything I do and feel, and I dont have a lot of other problem-solving methods. I cringe whenever I think about how unfair and how disrespectful I was to him, and how much time we wasted together when we each could have been in other situations (partnered or not) that would have been more fulfilling. 1. This isnt sustainable. That was published just a few weeks after I dumped my ex for basically being both of those LWs SOs. It sounds like hes making you miserable and hurting your recovery. Hell yeah! I would say, How does blindly doing everything you say make me more adventurous? We would go round and round, but I never got through to him, because I wasnt willing to back my words with actions. No one wants to treat someone they love that way, it just slips out when you stop viewing them in that light. Or something like that, anyway. Or at least he meant something. (Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, Illuminatus!, [possibly mis]quoted from memory., So, heres the thing about exercise and depression: everyones mileage will vary on that. Im so much happier now and I experience so much less strain in my inner life with striving to justify every little feeling and decision. Now youre healing and getting better, and he doesnt have the control he used to! He agreed it might help, and I immediately went out and got them and it did help. Let's discuss four things that happen when you actually stop chasing a man and how this affects the relationship. Before my last relationship ended I spent *a lot* of time online reading advice and trying to fix stuff. Well, thats it, isnt it? My ironclad rule now is to keep distance from people who respond to this thing you do hurts me with anything but, Im so sorry, are you okay? I just want to say something about this part of the Captains advice: However, if it helps you have the conversation, invoke your therapist. Our whole relationship was based on me being the messy, emotional one that he had to take care of and he had no idea how to relate to me outside of that context. And when I broke up with him that was what I told him. Now! Im going to read it again as soon Im done with this comment. He got that. Make sure your tone of voice and body language are completely neutral, because if they arent, what you say wont come across as simply wanting information but instead will seem like an attack on his character which could lead you nowhere at all. It can be hard to stop caring, even when someone has done nothing but bring you down. Was there a specific moment where things changed, or were they gradual just something small at first but now taking up all of his time so he doesnt have any left for you anymore? Tell your boyfriend once that you've noticed that he stopped sending text messages. And will often ask if I want icecream instead It didnt make it easy, but it helped, and it showed support. The first thing is take a deep breath, relax. Dont be accusatory or judgmental when you do this. They hope wise Internet people will have a magic solution to restore their relationship to what they hoped it would be in the beginning. He didnt like how I looked, how I liked to dress, how I acted or thought or analyzed media. And you dont need to accept this as appropriate treatment. . I hope that your boyfriend is willing to listen, and that he can eventually be supportive in the way that *you need him to be. (Female ones personally, I havent found this phenomenon to be in any way gendered. So, I thought about it and suggested I could go buy him a bunch of veggies he likes and he could randomly munch on those when he had cravings. So boyfriend needs to read up on stuff about mental health issues PRONTO. You can tell that he isnt as into you anymore because of the lack of physical contact between both of you. This guy has given up, clearly, if you only see him in sweats or other loose-fitting, casual clothing. Comfort from a relationship is something you are allowed to want. 10 Jennifer Dagle Bartender (2000-present) Author has 329 answers and 699K answer views 4 y Related ), and he usually shuts up when I tell him I dont find his comments helpful if it was all the time, every day, over every basic thing like eating dinner.. that would be more emotionally exhausting than I could deal with, and Id like to think Id be weighing up leaving as an option, although its never easy. This is why I only see him in person on a time limited basis and call him on the phone and have been known to hang up on him when he does this kind of policing. Luckily, John Howell has already worded it beautifully , http://thoughtcatalog.com/john-w-howell/2013/05/a-narcissists-love-letter/. 14. Jealousy is a range some people rarely get jealous and some people are constantly jealous (which, in general, is never a good thing). I dont know, maybe your boyfriend got out of a bad slump by getting really into exercise and tidying up his home, and hes being obnoxious about it because hes become the Helper. I love you anyway is, in practice, almost nothing like I love you. As the Captain and some of the Army have said, sometimes people need a bit of time to reset themselves mentally from caretaker, and weird things can stand in for anxiety about another person. So much sympathy to the LW for trying to make this work on top of making themself happy. Then he can treat you even worse. The way he goes about it though, is damaging my self-esteem and is a constant source of youre not good enough for me. Once the facts are straight we can deal with the issue. Lets stay on topic.. Be sure to keep the tone of the conversation as calm and neutral as possible if you cant manage this then perhaps consider having a friend mediate for you until both of you are able to talk without getting too emotional about things. Hmmm, actually, that wasnt the post I was thinking of. One of the signs your boyfriend has stopped making an effort is that your relationship has become one-sided, efforts are now one-sided. and telling you this what you need to do to feel better, and if my suggestion doesnt fix you, theres something wrong with you is not something he is entitled to do, and the same goes for playing therapist without your consent. Its a hard thing to let go when youre not sure if your loved one will sink or swim, but you have to let go and let them do for themselves, or you just end up smothering them and the relationship. And I am proud of him for taking a step toward being healthier. I dont know if I would have reached the threshold for clinical depression since I never did the therapy thing, but my self care was pretty pathetic and I wasnt working or studying enough. For example, wed be driving home from a fun night out with friends and he would tell me all of the things I had said that *could have* been offensive to someone there. Its inexcusable in any of those forms!!! Go on a hike and pack a picnic. Hopefully asking questions like this would help suss that out. The Captains comment, For a relationship to survive a crisis like that, you have to like the person (not just love them) and respect the person (not just love them) especially rings true for me. Heres some signs your relationship is over in all but name and Facebook status: It may seem like a good thing if you and your man never fight, but take it from a dude I never want to be wrong. Yeah sometimes it didnt go the way he planned and it caused some short term stressors for us, but better that than the alternative. If you are depressed, and your partner likes and loves you, and observes you engaging in self-harming behaviors, and is unable to support you or help you cease those behaviors, theres a real risk they will end the relationship. Also *I* will be happy when youre skinny. Which . One person I dated who trampled all over my boundaries and was generally terrible would tell me that he was challenging me and that it was good to be a relationship with someone who.trampled all over your boundaries? Oddly enough, moving from a high-stress environment full of people trying to manipulate and fix me, and having a constant build up of pressure from JerkBrain on a loop of You promised you wouldnt, you cant let them down theyll be angry to a place where I was told Im aad that people bullied and shamed you, you have complete control of your own body and mind, and there is nothing to be ashamed of pretty much stopped it overnight. The ones who wont should be encouraged to date one another whenever possible. It could be as simple as he just no longer feels like being around you, which means there isnt much motivation for making an effort either. They are not feelings police tools. A. Self improvement (vs self-care, self-discovery, living life with acceptance) involves believing something is wrong with you B. Yeah, dealing with a partners illness isnt FUN, but as you say yourself its part of the package. My partner of 3 1/2 years has depression and anxiety, and sometimes I act as her monitor/coach/support person in some ways. Harville Hendrix has some good insights as to why we pick partners who embody what we needed but didnt get as children from our parents, and how to move toward resolving those issues. That looks like progress to me. No one can acknowledge it exists. I feel like you are in some way owning your low moods and that makes me glad. I keep trying my best for him and every time I feel like he's ignoring me, I spam message him. All of the Captains response has me leaping up saying Yes! because I so agree. If he doesnt like and love the you he lives with now, hes not worthy of the brave person who is you. I find that the occasional session of length swimming makes me feel mentally great for a while afterwards, but I will also be exhausted for the rest of the day and not be able to get anything done, and usually experience a mood crash too. Is Your Anxiety Sabotaging Your Relationship? And holy crap, the Silent Treatment? I had a boyfriend like that once. From what you are saying, I sense that no matter what happens with you, he will likely always want to maintain that edge and actually doesnt have the goal of you two being on the same level. Thats one form of love, I think: trusting the other person enough to let go and let them figure it out on their own. Good job former-me! Up until that point, I was always going to fail because a part of me didnt really want to quit. anyone who doesnt think youre good enough does not deserve you. Absolutely! Some people even go on partial social media detox by simply using them for messaging, on the other hand avoiding watching people's stories. True story: I knew I needed to break up with my exboyfriend when I started composing Captain Awkward letters in my head. and it helped him maintain his desired weight/made him feel good and he thought it was delish so it meant that I should. The thing to watch for is a change in how they behave. Consider date nights too. As the Captain has pointed out, the LW is the expert on their own life and relationship, and probably has enough You need to in their life already without getting it here. One of the most aggravating things for me is that I dont naturally have positive regard for my body outside of what it can do I think I so completely absorbed the idea that I was physically unattractive as a young person that some kind of athleticism seemed like the only remaining possibility for my body to have any kind of worth. 3. LW, Im sorry youre struggling with depression, and Id like to offer you a fist-bump of commiseration for the emotional work youre already doing, if youd like that. And remember you are AWESOME for taking care of yourself and making such good progress. Aargh, accidentally hit reply before done editing. This may, sadly, be a dump him situation. Ive been dealing with depression for a while, too. Things like making tea or coffee and bringing it to her with her meds and water. nuanced (especially when exercise is not the only project Im undertaking at the moment.) 10 He Doesn't Ask You Questions. Sometimes its not that he doesnt want to make an effort, but rather that his life is just too busy and chaotic right now. man, you know, there is even an episode of star trek entirely about how when Spock tries to logic everything, the human crew gets really upset with him and McCoy is like emotion exists you dick and Spocks like the deuce you say BUT THEN HE STARTS TO ACCOUNT FOR HUMAN EMOTIONS IN HIS DECISION MAKING AND STUFF WORKS BETTER. Tell Him Why You Don't Like Her. Sure, for some people hearing about the severely-depressed woman who climbed Everest without oxygen, ran a multi-billion-dollar corporation, had a movie-star husband and five kids, and still managed to look fabulous straight out of bed, all without medication or therapy of any kind, is inspiring. He has completely stopped doing anything and we don't ever go out and if we do, he has to be forced basically. I dont need bullying at that point -my brain does that for me- I need sustenance and caring. Third, I think some disaster preparedness is good self-care for you. The hurt and pain are felt by both people involved, but if your ex regrets what happened, they might be looking to get a reaction out of you. Realize that you cannot change your partner's behavior. If I lean my head the other way, I can see a guy who is panicking about his partner being depressed and going about it all wrong. This guy is manipulative. Ding! Whatever you could do today is enough. I wish I could say I dumped him, but in fact what happened is we got through the sucky date, and he later told me our relationship had gotten stale, citing that fight as an example. A friend of mine called this sort of explanation, First, the earth cooled, Beware of I am very logical as a cover for I dont think your feelings matter and I dont care if I hurt you.. didnt care to be badgered about things and it needed to stop. Wow, what a trainwreck/mindfuck. . Ive been gone for a week, and Im not going to believe you if you tell me you ate healthy isnt about keeping score at all. Because if so, you need to skip all the subtler steps and skip straight to Therapist, these things my boyfriend does and says are making it worse, help! Right now. Which is, when you get down to it, rather like juxtaposing a floor mop and a ceiling duster as binary opposites the opposition is purely circumstantial, there are more similarities between the two than differences, and quite honestly, if pushed, either of them can perform the same tasks as the other if theyre the only thing to hand. I dont try to argue other people out of their feelings, because unless I develop telepathy (avert! One of the reasons my partner has my trust when it comes to medicine things and my parents do not is because when I say to them I am trying this new thing for X, because my doctor thinks it will do Y without causing Z side effect my partner replies with Cool, hope it kicks in and helps you feel better, let me know if you need me to do anything and my parents reply with a long list of reasons Doctor Oz thinks that its the most evil drug in the world and how can your doctor be competent if theyre prescribing this drug that moms degree from Google University taught her to think is bad?. But LW, my heart hurts for you so hard right now and I want you to know you dont have to be afraid that you wont have love if you leave this person who doesnt listen to you and constantly makes you doubt your self worth. Maybe this will be a huge relief and weight of your boyfriends shoulders once he knows he doesnt have to be responsible for your wellbeing. 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