Hi Everyone. I'm new to the group. I'm in recovery right now, and I've been doing great the past couple months. However, I've also been feeling very sad lately. My boyfriend has depression and one of his friends recently committed suicide. He wants some space from me right now to figure things out. He doesn't talk to me and distances himself from me. He is also very apathetic most of the time, and gets upset at me easily. It makes things very hard on me and recovery. I have a hard time keeping myself from using food or body-related thoughts to cope, and just end up crying all the time if I don't use them.
He's gone through bad bouts of his depression before, but has always managed to break out of it thus far. I would really appreciate some positive thoughts and advice to get me through while I wait out the worst of his mourning phase.
hey
first of all im sorry to hear of ur bf's friends suicide, it must be so hard. such a horrible thing.
id lvoe to remind you that you are SO strong! ur dealing with this really well. can i encourage you to maybe use this time while ur bfs sorting things out to do something to help u know urself more? i dunno its where im at at the moment.. maybe take up a hobby, or if you like to write, write.. something that'll be healthy for you, and take ur mind off usung ed stuff as a way to cope. maybe a group spot.. anything u htink ull enjoy. that way ur mnot so focused on negative things and ur uplifting urself :)
i dunno, hope its okay.
all the best. hang in there hey.
ur worth beating this
ash x