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eeee
April 23rd, 2013, 11:40 PM
First off, my girlfriend is an absolutely amazing girl. But she's had a really rough life and has a couple of emotional problems as a result of it. She's normally incredibly strong, but sometimes, like tonight, she's not the same.

I have made her swear in the past never to hurt herself or take her own life. She didn't try anything tonight, but she said that she could no longer swear and didn't see the point of living, which scared me to death. She got in a really self-hating mood and was worried about her depressing me, how she doesn't deserve me at all, how I probably want to break up (which, trust me, not in my plans right now), etc.

By the end of the night, she was back to her normal, happy self, but I'm afraid that this may happen again when I'm not around to help, especially because she's spending the summer halfway across the world. Now, I don't see an imminent danger of her doing anything to herself, mainly because stuff like this is a rare occurrence, otherwise I'd be asking for a lot more help, but it's still a big worry of mine.

My normal tricks only worked so well tonight. If it ever gets worse, they may not be enough. What else can I do to make sure she's ok with herself and doesn't do anything bad?

ShaneSawyer
April 23rd, 2013, 11:45 PM
From here on out, give her something worth living for. Make the days she spends with you, days she will remember when she is halfway around the world. That's my best advice mane.

eeee
April 24th, 2013, 02:58 PM
That's what I'm trying to do. I just want to make sure that I know how to help her if this happens again.

eeee
April 24th, 2013, 08:18 PM
Ok, something's up. She was great at a school today but when I talked to her at home, she was not ok. Something's really not right. She said that nothing has happened over the past couple of days, but she's been a different person the past 2 days. She said I can't do anything to help, that she's getting pissed at people for no good reason (even though she hasn't been mad at anyone) and she's starting to hate herself again. She thinks that she's a terrible person even though she's one of the greatest people I know. I don't know what to do anymore, and TBH, I'm starting to get worried.