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Don’t think I’ll recover

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Rosesparkles · 29/08/2018 13:13

I genuinely don’t feel like I will ever get over this break up but would appreciate any advice or anyone who’s been through similar. Completely reached rock bottom this week.

My ex was the one I had all my ‘firsts’ with and when I got pregnant we spoke about our future, he spoke about us having more children and how in love with me he was. During my pregnancy there were a few red flags where I thought he might be cheating etc but dismissed it as pregnancy hormones/anxiety over my pregnancy. A few days before DD was born I tested positive for an sti. I only found this out because I had thrush / BV and when I went to get treatment they swabbed for everything to be on the safe side as the symptoms could also be STI’s.

Confronted him and he denied it and sent me loads of links to posts online where people had false positives while pregnant.

I tried distancing myself emotionally but found motherhood so lonely and unenjoyable. I feel awful admitting it because I love DD and feel close to her, all of her needs are met, but I wish I could be a happy mum for her Sad

Fast forward a few months and he kept insisting he’d changed, he loved me, etc but was still a shit dad. Then he started going weeks between seeing her which broke my heart, he kept using her as a reason for us to ‘work things out’ and be a family. I tried keeping it to just communication about DD but he was the first person I’ve loved so it was genuinely like torture for me. After working things through he convinced me to give things another go. Then everything went to shit.

Found out that he has another young child and has been still seeing the mother, the entire time we were together and afterwards. He spent his birthday with me, I dropped him off somewhere afterwards and it was where he met her. Everything was a lie.

He has now dropped that girlfriend and the child and has found a new girlfriend. And they’re apparently trying for a baby. He denied mine and DD’s existence to her, and when he first started seeing her and trying for a baby, me and him were still ‘together’ sleeping together etc. Completely breaks my heart that he’s decided we aren’t worth it and he’s just found a replacement.

He told me he didn’t have s good relationship with family hence DD not meeting them.. also claimed not to use social media much hence no photos of DD.. but has the new relationship plastered everywhere and no doubt once the new girlfriend is pregnant her and the baby will also be plastered everywhere.

I’ve tried condensing it because my post is long enough but this is only a small amount of everything that’s happened. Sad

I had an eating disorder as a teenager which has now resurfaced, I have lost over a stone in the last month. The only thing keeping me going at the moment is DD but we live a very limited life, very few family or friends and 99% of the time it’s just us two. Money is very tight too. I feel completely empty and like I will never recover from this. I can honestly say that in the last two years I haven’t had a single day where I’ve been happy or even just content. I’m sad 24/7. I do everything I ‘should’ do, Take DD out, clubs and groups, and force myself to get dressed and go out everyday but it isn’t helping at all. If anything it’s getting worse.

My entire post probably sounds pathetic but I truly feel like my life isn’t worth living anymore and I can’t take many more days of this, it’s relentless. Going to GP would be useless imo because of the huge waiting lists for counselling / CBT which I’ve had previously and have actually made me feel worse - especially counselling because they give no feedback or advice so I just feel vulnerable and exposed. So I really don’t know what to do now. Sad

OP posts:
Rosesparkles · 30/08/2018 11:17

Catsatrophe - I am so glad you responded! At the moment it really does feel like I will never emotionally recover from this, it’s so nice to hear someone who has for the most part! I know things will be better once DD is a bit older - at the moment she still needs me 24/7 so I think that plays into the feelings of despair and sadness. Also keep blaming myself for her likely not having a father figure in her life Sad. Keep thinking that if I just hadn’t rocked the boat and called his behaviour out, at least she would know him in some sense and know what he looks like, rather than now where there’s the possibility she won’t at all. Makes me feel so incredibly guilty and like she deserves better than what I’ve managed to scrape together Sad

Going to bookmark this thread and read back on it in 5-10 years time and feel very proud if I’ve made it to the same point as you! Flowers

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userxx · 30/08/2018 19:17

@Rosesparkles please do not feel guilty about your daughter. Do you really want her to grow up thinking his behaviour is excusable, because she would have if he had hung around. You are giving your daughter a gift by being strong, I know you don't feel strong but you really. You should be proud of the example you are setting to her.

Dancingtothemusicoftime · 30/08/2018 20:53

Oh Rosesparkles, you could be my eldest DD - you write wonderfully and I want to give you the biggest hug! You are awesome, will be more awesome yet and that PATHETIC shit is beyond redemption.

I remember when I was at a court case which involved a vile male accused who had committed an appalling crime: after he was found guilty, the judge described him as 'an entirely worthless individual' and that has always resonated with me. Your ex fits that description perfectly Angry

Catsastrophe's perfect posts say it all - get thee to a GP, please - get the meds you bed and that will give you the headspace to understand how fantastic you are and what you have achieved thus far, with so much more to come Thanks

Could you look at returning to uni? X

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