Coping with loss of partner
My boyfriend of 4 years and I decided to go on a really long road trip. It started out okay but as more time passed I realized I was becoming depressed and in turn was struggling with the constant companionship while being bipolar. I found myself getting agitated and annoyed by every little thing he did and then began nit picking everything. Without the ability to seek a proper safe space things started to crumble. After 70 days on this trip he told me he couldn’t take it anymore and was done. He left me in a safe place in Michigan to fly back home while he would drive back without me. Im so afraid of losing him and I just want to know how to manage that awful side of this that can devastate relationships...
Communication is the most important. If he can understand what's going on, that you're struggling and this is part of your disorder, you're not doing it on purpose. My husband knows what I struggle with and though we do have some misunderstandings; He tries to realize I'm not doing it to be mean on purpose to hurt him.