By Username - 22/11/2010 22:39

Today, I admitted to my boyfriend of three years that I have been suffering from depression for a while now. He took it as a good time to dump me. FML
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Same thing different taste

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Did he dump you because of the depression? Or because he was going to anyway? The former is a douche move and be glad to be rid of him. However if it's the latter he might well be going to support you through it as a friend, I can see why he might not want to prolong the relationship for such reasons but might find other ways to support you.

your (ex) boyfriend is an asshole... find someone who will accept who you are!

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maybe he feels like you are using it as an excuse to get attention and be a whiney looser. cheer up and live life to it's fullest. then you'll have a happy life.

yeah cause you can just go 'butterflies and rainbows!' and everything will be all better. depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain, you can't just think it away with sunshiney optimism. and if her bf thinks she just suddenly got depression for attention, he's obviously an idiot who didn't take the time to know his girlfriend for three years. no one deserves that.

If he's the kind of guy who cam dump you for being depressed, then don't you think he just might be one of the reasons you were depressed in the first place?

I made an account just so I could comment this. :P I told my boyfriend of a little over a year that I have depression, and after a while of hearing him deny how I feel, he admitted that he feels like it's his fault and now he's worse than I am. Basically, I'm just letting you know that there's at least one extra person who feels something like you do, you're not alone. And half the people who commented this are like half the people in the world, huge jerks. Don't pay attention to them.

diamond28 0

dude.. similar thing!!.. except not only was it a guy.. but also all my friends! They kinda humiliated me .. for months! The only advice.. just stick to urself.. u'll get out! x

Okay, had to say this. Why is not wanting to be in a relationship with someone suffering from a mental illness a "dick move"? Depression isn't something you just "suck up," it IS a mental illness, and for many it IS a lifelong battle. It's NOT the person's fault, but making a commitment to being with someone who suffers from depression is just that - a big commitment. Depressives can suffer from violent mood swings, be extremely hurtful to their partners on the turn of a dime, and are often intensely needy and only capable of giving back a fraction of what is given to them. It's something her boyfriend probably noticed before - it's difficult NOT to notice - and possibly, her confirmation that it's a diagnosed illness caused him to rethink the relationship. Sure, his timing was a dick move. However, would she have felt any less hurt if he'd dumped her a week later, or a month later? Can't say for sure, but I can say that he's not a bad person for not wanting to be in a relationship with a depressive, and she's not a bad person because she's depressed.

If he can't handle you at your worst, he doesn't deserve you at your best

Ok if you were with him for three years then he should be loving and caring enough, and also have enough respect for you, that you would share something like that with him, so he stand by your side and help you through it. So he's totally not even worth it.

gracieroxursox 3

at least he didn't take a dump on you.