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Mystical_Unicorn

Updated 1y ago

Dealing with Divorce and Mental Illness

Getting divorced from my first marriage. My partner can’t handle my mental illness , but didn’t tell me they were experiencing issues with me until they had already fallen out of love. Words of advice or encouragement would be appreciated . I still love them and moving on finding a new place to live and a new job is feeling overwhelming.

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Doggy

2y

Oh yes, it hurts. Having BPD makes it a disaster. It's okay though. This is a good time for divorce. Any longer wouldn't have been good. You're airing out the laundry now, getting the sunlight on things that have been buried. I still love my ex wife too, even though she also fell out of love with me. Mine is forever, and that's okay. Love doesn't need anything. It just is. And love is infinite. You will love more people, even if your first love never falters. We are full of love. We are infinite fountains of it. I'm sorry you have to move as well. Instability is terrible. But when your foot leaves the ground, it can take you to interesting new places where you can learn a lot and start a new chapter in your life story. It's okay for it to be hard right now. It will get easier over time, but you don't need to rush the process. Allow yourself to say "This sucks and I hate it." Talk to friends and family. Get whatever closure you can with your ex, and don't forget to ask what kind of relationship they want going forward. We often assume exes never speak to eachother again, but is that natural? I'm good friends with my ex, we're practically siblings. I might even move in with her girlfriend. We can do that because only our romantic relationship was broken, so once we removed that, we gained our friendship back. It was a healthy, refreshing move. I'm still sad about it, and she knows I still love her, but my pain now is so much less than it had been when I was struggling to try to get her to love me back when we were married. It's much better to be rid of my expectations. I still think she's a jerk, but her problems are no longer my problems! Maybe that won't apply to you, sorry. Either way, know that you will be okay, and there's better people to get married to out there. Maybe a lot more. I've met so many wonderful people in the dating scene since my divorce. Just keep living your life and being good to yourself, and date again if/when you're ready. Good luck!
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Mystical_Unicorn

2y

thank you so much for your kind and wise words . I did talk with my ex and they do want to be friends. I think my situation is similar to what you described, once the romantic expectations leave the friendship could be possible. It’s just very raw right now. But I do want a friendship with them. With my BPD I struggle most with suicidal ideation and urges. While I’ve improved from my 10+ years of therapy and meds suicidal urges have never gone away. I feel this relationship failed because I was too open with how I wanted to hurt myself and that emotionally hurt them too much. I wish they told me how much hurt they were in. I think that would have motivated me to work harder. But I also wonder maybe I was doing the best I could at the time? But I feel like my best is and never will be enough… I don’t know if I will ever be considered mentally stable enough to be in a relationship again and that saddens me. I do have a lot of love to give. But I also have a lot of issues for a partner to deal with.

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