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Should I leave him?

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Needallthehelp · 01/09/2018 17:40

Ok. My boyfriend and i have been together for about 19 months now. We each have our own children and live separately. However he is going through an extremely your time in which he could possibly lose his children due to lies from his ex.
Obviously he's distraught and a wreck over this. But I feel he keeps taking it out on me!

If i don't agree with him on something basic he sulks about it. Or needs to go out and get fresh air.
If I have an opinion I'm told if it's to do with certain subjects I shouldn't tell him
He has started to make me feel uncomfortable in my own house. I feel like I'm treading on broken glass not to upset him or anger him. The last weekend he was here he was in a sulk within 10 minutes of him arriving and only came out of it about 2 hours before he left.

I have had a really tough time in the past with PTSD and massive depression. I am still taking antidepressants but for the first time in 8 years I have started feeling so low I wonder why I'm still here? ( obviously I know my children, but I feel they're all I'm living for😢)

I tried explaining how I felt 2 days after he left * as I couldn't talk to him before this.
He drove to be with me to make sure I was ok then began a massive argument on how I don't understand what he's going through and i should see it from his side etc. Then left an hour later leaving me saying to take care and look after myself. (I believed we were done!)

Turns out he said we just had an argument???!!

Am I being unreasonable to want out?

I Do love him, but I feel like I'm losing my mind. When he's not like this he's normally very nice. But I feel like such a cow if I walk away from him when he needs me.

Please help me what do i do?

OP posts:
fiercelikefrida · 02/09/2018 22:42

You've done the right thing. Don't feel guilty, that's what he wants, he's clearly manipulative, deleting Facebook 🙄 not responding...

He does not need you, your kids need you and you need to put yourself first. I think maybe it might be a good idea to have some counselling?

AlphaJuno · 02/09/2018 22:56

Please don't feel guilty. It doesn't matter what someone is going through. They have no right to 'take it out' on you. Would you 'take something out' on someone you love? Probably no, you wouldn't want someone to feel like that if you're a normal person. I've had 2 abusive relationships and each time I was too scared to leave but once I did, I wondered why I hadn't. I didn't need those people. They both made me feel bad and question myself and nothing was ever good enough. I was given the advice to leave and not look back. Once I gathered the courage to do that I started realising that they brought nothing to the table whatsoever and my children needed me more. I've met someone nice now who would never do that (even though I kept expecting it because that was all I knew) I wish I hadn't wasted the time I did on those people but I can't change that. I hope I can convince you there's better out there and offer you hope so you don't get stuck like I did for years. Wishing you well x

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