- Username
- Mthomps6
- Date posted
- 5y ago
It's good that you're giving her the space that she's asked for. If you appear needy to her, it'll make you less attractive in her eyes. Try to better yourself instead of thinking on her. Do something new, maybe like working out? But be proud of yourself. Someone asked me for space too. Sometimes it's hard to provide it but I've held out for over a week, and I feel good about myself because of it.
She wants space and you have to respect that. BUT you also get to decide what you want from a relationship, and if the space is making you miserable and the relationship no longer seems worth it, you have every right to walk away.
FYI, you don't have to be okay with that. I once had a BF decide he needed a break after a month. I told him either we ARE or ARE NOT in a relationship, because I wasn't going to put my life on pause for someone who wasn't infatuated with me. So, if this is someone who really matters to you...do your thing. But a break is a break. Feel free to date around and live life. There are a lot of amazing fish in the sea.
I really appreciate your guys responses. It helps a lot knowing people are experiencing the same thing. I’m working on 2 days and it’s tough right now but I know it’ll get better. She does contact me every once in a while and I usually keep it short and sweet
My friend is going through a break up right now and I’m trying really hard to be there for her but it’s completely triggering my ocd ? I keep thinking about breaking up with my bf now even though there is ZERO reason to ??
My boyfriend recently broke up with me almost two months ago and it really hurts but I really can’t help but miss him. I haven’t talked to him in 2 weeks and I doubt he’ll ever reach out to talk to me soon. I loved him so much and I can’t even describe how much it hurts not having him in my life. Our relationship used to be really really great and then things fell apart. My anxiety and ocd keep convincing me these extreme hypotheticals like that he’s so much happier without me now even though I don’t have any reason to really think that. Or that he doesn’t miss me at all. My heart is just really hurting. I miss everything about him
I’ve never tried posting in this community or any online community for that matter, but my girlfriend of 8 years just told me she wanted to take a weeklong break 3 days ago. I know a week isn’t long and I believe everyone deserves space when they need it, I’ve been trying to give it to her. We’ve still ended up texting everyday (I made a rule with myself that I’d only text her if she texted me, so that the space is there if she wants it). These obviously aren’t our normal texts, the coldness and having to pretend this isn’t my other-half of 8 years is killing me. I haven’t been diagnosed with OCD, but I’m almost positive I have rocd reocd. Ive been the type to make up problems in my head and obsess over them until I have to share my thoughts with her, this usually upsets her and we have a fight. She’s amazing, and I’d do anything for her, but shes not the reassuring type when I’m panicking about our relationship (not that that’s her responsibility). I have this awful feeling that when we talk about it after this week, she’s going to ask to just be friends. For some reason I just can’t do this, I can’t keep conversing this way with the woman Ive planned my life away with, I can’t keep living in this hell. I know that my delusions will get better once we move in together as they completely go away when we stay together, but I can’t help but feel that she’ll doubt this and want to break up anyway. As dramatic as I feel saying this, these last few days have been torture on my heart and mind. I can’t eat, and when I do I throw up and dry heave, I’ve lost 10 pounds in 3 days. My whole day is filled with random panic attacks and an inability to remain present and focused for more than 5 minutes. The panic attacks get much worse at night, not allowing me to sleep, and I just keep fearing the worst and obsessing over what I’m going to say or do to show her I’m serious about making this work. I’ve contacted two counselors and am meeting with one tomorrow, but I just don’t know what to do right now. I really appreciate anyone who read all this I just needed to put it somewhere.
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