Hi, i was with my partner for 6 years and he recently told me he'd been having thoughts about if we were happy together or if it was a routine. We tried to speak about things and agreed to give each other space.
3 weeks later he still feels the same way. He says he loves me and he cares about me just the same, and he's still attracted to me but he feels like he's never been able to just "be himself". Every time i try to get an answer out of him what he wants he says he doesnt know what he wants and that his head is messed up.
He thinks he wont ever be able to make me happy because i deserve "better" but then he's says things such as "theres nothing stopping us coming back together in the future". He's 25 years old and has been taking steroids & recently come off them. He has admitted that he thinks they may have something to do with how he's feeling and all the timings add up. He said he felt fine about us before the side effects of the steroids He said they've really messed with his head. He keeps giving me mixed signals, its like he doesn't want me but doesnt want to leave me either.
Last night i told him i couldn't wait anymore and i couldn't keep living my life like this and that i needed to cut all contact with him, he suggested time apart and i said no, if we are splitting up we are doing it properly. He was very upset on the phone as was i. We haven't spoken since. I'm not dealing with it very well, finding it all really hard. I feel like i've only cut ties in hope that he will realise and come back. Has anyone been through anything similar that can give me some advice?