My partner of six years has been dealing with a severe mental illness for the past year (depression) and I think un-diagonised bi-polar. Every few months or so he has a mini break-down which usually involves him bringing me down with him. Two nights ago, I got home from work and he told me that he was going to kill himself. I felt very concerned because the previous night we had spent it in a mental hospital trying to get him help for the same thoughts. He told me that he couldn't live with himself if I was gone and I told him I wasn't going anywhere and he just completely broke down. He told me that an hour or so ago, he had slept with someone. He was drinking at a bar and it just happened. He has been in serious pain for the past few days and he can't even explain why it happened or who he was when it happened. He says he would never do it again. But, I still feel ill. I took his virginity at a very young age and he has never slept with anyone else unti l now. When I was in a fit of anger, he brought up how I had slept with other people before our relationship. It's like he isn't in touch with reality.
The past two days my life has been going in a loop. I truly believe he is sick but I just don't know how to cope with it. I can't even look at him because I don't know who he is. He has always been a really insecure person who constantly comments on how attractive I am and how he's a gross slob. So, I just can't comprehend what happened... I also don't know how I'll ever be able to have sex again with him or someone else. I can't even look at my naked body in the mirror. I sincerely feel like he has ruined my life. I haven't been able to sleep or eat either. I have so many assignments due for my schooling and work. What can I do?
I would also like to add that his father and grandfather suffer from the same illness and have done this to their partners. His father abandoned him at a really young age and they are friends now but I just thought it was interesting that the cycle continues.
The past two days my life has been going in a loop. I truly believe he is sick but I just don't know how to cope with it. I can't even look at him because I don't know who he is. He has always been a really insecure person who constantly comments on how attractive I am and how he's a gross slob. So, I just can't comprehend what happened... I also don't know how I'll ever be able to have sex again with him or someone else. I can't even look at my naked body in the mirror. I sincerely feel like he has ruined my life. I haven't been able to sleep or eat either. I have so many assignments due for my schooling and work. What can I do?
I would also like to add that his father and grandfather suffer from the same illness and have done this to their partners. His father abandoned him at a really young age and they are friends now but I just thought it was interesting that the cycle continues.
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