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Somatic symptom disorder

Somatic symptom disorder

Hello everyone! My ex boyfriend was diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder and depression. He is experiencing different symptoms for almost two years and this started a month after we started our relationship. Can our relationship be the cause of his SSD? I did nothing but support him and give the attention and encouragement to get better, but he says that thinking at me and loving me makes him this way. Nothing bad happened between us. He has this stomach pain that never disappears and many other depression symptoms. He started cognitive behavioral therapy so we broke up for 2 month because that was suggested to him but he is not getting better.

I really can` t understand why this happened. And i blamed myself for doing this to him and making him like that although i never wanted. That got me depressed and for a few months I was feeling just like him, i couldn `t eat, couldn`t sleep, couldn` t concentrate on my work because it was that blame and that hope that thing will get better and we can both be better. I really hearts that we love each other so much but can` t be together because that hurts him.

Can I be the cause of his suffering? Or what can cause this? Did anyone experienced this and how did you get through this?

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@utopia Thank you so much! I will reseach more about this condition. I will keep the distance so he can have no pain because of my presence.

But it`s really hard and consuming for me. I don` t want him to be my boyfriend right now, but i just feel the urge just to talk to him, to hear his voice. I miss him so much.

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@feilig08. I know it must hurt you a lot. That's why it's important for you to talk to someone about how you are feeling. A good friend maybe?

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@utopia i talked about this with friends, but that didn`t helped me so mcuh. I even talked with a psychologyst. I felt better until last week when I started to think of him and that hurt. I just don`t know how to move on really while i still hope things will get better. I really love him, maybe that sounds silly and selfish but i love him to the moon and back and i still hope one day we can be together.

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