j92Casual Contributor
Depressed partner broke up because of trust issue
Hi all,
I was with my girlfriend for almost 4 months, she was very possessive and insecure, she got jealous if my female friends comment or liked my post. We got into arguments many times because of this, I tried to reason with her those likes or comments doesn't mean anything, but she can't accept it either. The reason that she's behaving like this it's because her exes cheated on her, that's why she never really trusted me, although I've never did anything unfaitful to her.
Most of the time I gave in, removed those friends from my social media. I know it shouldn't be the way, but I just want to keep her around and slowly change her mindset, I really believe if i'm patience enough, one day she will learn to trust again. But sometimes I got upset, so I said something that hurt her feelings. I told her she never put in effort into this relationship, and it's only me trying hard to maintain this relationship, which is not true, and i really regret i said that to her. Deep down I know she has been trying really hard to control her jealousy issues, and I saw improvements.
Two weeks earlier, she decided this relationship is way too much for her to take, as she worried about I will leave her one day for somebody else. She also mentioned that she knew she was wrong, and being unreasonable for asking me to cut ties with my friends because of her insecurities, and she felt like she was mentally abusing me, constanly checking on me, where i am, who do i hang out with, accused me of cheating, checked my phone etc...It's better for both of us to break up now before we end up hating each other. At that moment, I felt like that was the right thing to do, and I felt she was really stressing out, and i agreed, so we broke up peacefully, although we still love each other deeply.
Two days after the broke up, I regret it, and felt like that was her depression that lead her into that decision, so I contacted her, told her that I'm not giving up on her, and asked her to give this relationship another shot, and she told me to give her some time to consider. Two days later, she text me back and said she's not going to chage her mind. She said she don't see a future in this and we're just going to repeat things over and over again. She said she is so emotionally damaged and she don't even know how to be around anyone properly anymore. She can't heal when she has to take note of my feelings as well. I knew i couldn't change her mind at that moment, so after this, i stopped contacting her for a week.
After this conversation, I realised she slowly removed me from her social media, and her explaination was if I don't see her anymore, it will be easier for me to get over her and move on. And she became very cold towards me and said she thought she needed me, but then she realised actually she don't, and she's better on her own. She asked me to stop contacting her anymore and she will never change her mind. But I realised she has created fake accounts to stalk my social media accounts, and I could tell she's hurting from this break up as much as i am. She's not seeking for professional help either, she used to, few years back, but she eventually stopped the medications because she felt like she was getting better, until we started dating, her depression came back.
I just want to let her know that I still cares about her and I'll always be there for her, but I feel like any forms of contact will just push her away further. How long should I wait before i contact her again? Especially when she's so insecure, I worried that if i wait for too long, she'd think I had given up on her, like anyone else in her life. I don't want her to fight this alone, yet I understands that all she needs right now is some space.