My boyfriend of a year has recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder II. He says he feels numb and no longer feelings loving feeling towards anything or anyone. He says in his heart he knows he loves me, but he just doesn’t feel the feelings anymore.
I am trying very hard to be supportive and he says he doesn’t want us to end. But he doesn’t say I love you anymore, even when I say it to him. I am trying not to be insecure but I’m feeling down about myself and I feel disconnected from him. I want to help him but he pushes me away. I’m left feeling like I don’t know anything about the relationship anymore.
Is this something that happens often to people when they are going through depressive episodes of Bipolar? Will feelings of happiness and love come back eventually?
I am trying very hard to be supportive and he says he doesn’t want us to end. But he doesn’t say I love you anymore, even when I say it to him. I am trying not to be insecure but I’m feeling down about myself and I feel disconnected from him. I want to help him but he pushes me away. I’m left feeling like I don’t know anything about the relationship anymore.
Is this something that happens often to people when they are going through depressive episodes of Bipolar? Will feelings of happiness and love come back eventually?
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