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But I really appreciate CAs gentleness to LW about that. YES! In my relationship Im on both sides of the caring/cared for spectrum: I have depression and my partner is physically disabled. For me, life is better without him. Yo! Heres my own take-away from my therapist: Your thoughts and your feelings are valid and welcome! Took about two years for me to believe that sentence. And its difficult for you to explain this to him, because the Depression Demons are whispering that hes right, so you feel guilty and emotional about it all; so then its Emotional You v Logical Him and things get horrible very quickly. One of the signs your boyfriend has stopped making an effort is that your relationship has become one-sided, efforts are now one-sided. Now is *not* the time for someone to run a ledger of all your supposed daily transgressions and fuck the idea of the ledger in the first place. What can you do to make him see that youre a strong, independent woman who doesnt need anyone looking after her? I feel like you are in some way owning your low moods and that makes me glad. I think Captains advice makes sense because, while getting rid of LWs boyfriend would be (according to many, I read) the logical consequence to his behavior, it is also true that you owe it to yourself to state your boundaries within this relationship, should it only last for one more day. I find that the occasional session of length swimming makes me feel mentally great for a while afterwards, but I will also be exhausted for the rest of the day and not be able to get anything done, and usually experience a mood crash too. Your walking wasnt exercise enough for him??! Sorry for the mix-up! Get a cookbook and try new recipes out with each other. Brief excerpts (<250 words) may be shared with attribution & a link to the original post. And he gets a positive comment from me every time I am aware. you arent going to get better if he keeps breathing down your neck.. Affection is not only limited to physical touch -- he may also avoid showing affection through words. If so, should I remind you in the morning? What he isnt doing for you anymore is working to make the relationship work! And from the sound of you, you are taking care of you LIKE A BOSS. I dont know what your boyfriends views on your therapist or on therapy in general are, but he might use a comment like this as evidence that your therapist clearly has no clue whats going on in your life so you should just listen to him and do everything he says. But now, today, you have already exercised. 5. Not immediately or perfectly, but noticeably and more over time. Also, for what its worth, I hate the Im so logical, therefore I know everything and Im right all the time thing. I hate that its still so acceptable and so common to cloak these actions under the masculine traits of logic and reason. And I am proud of him for taking a step toward being healthier. Don't put any extra effort into those who drain you. Its not a cure; its a coping skill. Emotions are *who we are* and theres no such thing as a feeling or desire that is incorrect or illegitimate. Back in the dim times, when I was young and dewy and dinosaurs still roamed the planet, and I was married to my starter husband, I was unhappy with our relationship. I think doing the opposite of that can also be helpful. The sex may not dwindle, but the cuddling will. I felt like I had to fix it and if I just explained my feelings enough (cus he was a Nice Guy and would never do anything to hurt me and never cheated on me) he would stop unintentionally making me miserable and there was no Proper Reason to do it. Not only is that (a) SO VERY NOT COOL, its also (b) likely reminiscent of the very types of behaviors that led to you developing those not good enough feelings in the first place. This is another clue that the boyfriend isnt all that invested in the LWs progress toward real, positive change. My BF was genuinely not a bad guy. The best thing I can suggest telling him is that you need him to be your cheerleader for success not an accountant tallying up your failures the only thing that does is create resentment in both of you and blind him to your actual accomplishments and kill your internal motivation to continue. Id run away and never read Captain Awkward again, probably, with my Jerkbrain cackling in the background gleefully. For the rest of us, it reinforces the jerkbrains message. Yup. Just as your spouse needs time to heal from their alcohol addiction, you also need time to recover from the emotional and mental traumas of addiction. You dont need fixing, LW. See what happens when you do, how you feel, how he reacts. And sometimes people respond to that by trying to keep a person from getting healthier. For example, wed be driving home from a fun night out with friends and he would tell me all of the things I had said that *could have* been offensive to someone there. If you havent seen your friends in a while, call them/message them and schedule a hangout. This guy has given up, clearly, if you only see him in sweats or other loose-fitting, casual clothing. To the point where I didnt want to go out because I couldnt take another lecture on how horrible I was. A complicating factor is that there was probably a time when it was comforting to you for your boyfriend to be in that caretaker role and to have him believe so strongly in your power to change, back there during the worst of it. Too many arguments lead up to less making an effort. He was scared, I was exhausted and largely unresponsive, and neither of us knew what was going on or what to do. All the logical, reasonable, skeptical partners that the LWs describe are always trying to use their logic to make other people feel like crap about what they feel. Id make it simpler still: That makes me so angry on your behalf. What good is texting someone if youre not really building any kind of connection with them or meeting up in person to have real conversations about something other than how their day was or what they had for lunch? Do you want me to smack your hand when you reach for the chips? If nothing changes, then its time to decide whether this is something you can live with or not. Re-reading I realized the last couple lines sounded really patronizing and I didnt mean it that way. Ive asked him to stop trying to get me to change, that you cant change other people, but he refuses to accept that, to the point that he says its the stupidest thing hes ever heard. They are not your child who needs to be emotionally spanked. Some guys bitch about paying for dates because of feminism (or whatever). Then willingly, because I knew tea came in a lot of flavors. Its an unfortunate reality that some couples are couples not because they are passionately in love, but because its easier to stay together than it is to break up. This is not a democracy. If he makes you feel like crap about yourself, then you will feel like no one else will want to be with you. Your efforts to change your partner's contrary viewpoints (financial, political, religious, or otherwise) have begun to feel demeaning or disrespectful to them, as betraying not only your. He used to love to know everything about you from the way you think and what you like your time to how it went. Finally, I also worry a bit about something almost the opposite of not wanting to help you through hard times, which is not wanting you to get better. Your boyfriends Exercise more! Another script LW may want to try: How does this affect you?'. It may well be correct that he loves her, and it may well be correct that *part* of his motivation is to help her do what he knows she wants to do. The thing here is that logic and reason are being juxtaposed against emotion as binary opposites. (Autocorrect desperately wanted that to read emotionally swankier), And even if they *were* your child it wouldnt be cool to be emotionally spanking them (love that term. Seriously. (Female ones personally, I havent found this phenomenon to be in any way gendered. I watched my parents relationship work this dynamic for years. This is poor form, and Boyfriend really needs to wake up and smell the coffee that THINGS ARE MORE OKAY NOW, BACK THE FUCK OFF, YOURE NOT NEEDED. Whether its work, school, friends, or something else entirely that is causing him so much stress and concern that he cant even find the time to put in at least some kind of minimal effort for his girlfriend, put yourself in his shoes and be understanding. He immediately misses you. They feel like Im not happy isnt enough, especially if they suffer from low self esteem. When I left my abusive family? Flags everywhere! He never lashes out with his anger, he just doesnt talk much when hes mad. Make sure that the issues you address in your list are really what is bothering you. How does this affect you? It makes me feel bad when you dont eat your vegetables because I caaaaaaaaaaare about you.. Nope, cant recall this either. Whatever you could do today is enough. Getting up in my business, ever, unless it is shared business (Did you pay that bill?) or I have specifically asked him to (and I quit doing this b/c he doesnt really like it, its one more damn thing on his to-do list basically.) Because Reasons? What steps can you take in order for him to feel less obliged and more willing again about making an effort with your relationship? The thing is, it doesnt sound like he wants you to be better, despite what he says. Can you help me strategize ways to respond? This is an ongoing issue, and you have an ongoing resource at your disposal to work on it. LW, if you want the thoughts of a former terrible girlfriend, mine are: Your boyfriend isnt concerned about you. You see, even though neither of us is a terrible person and we both had really good intentions and cared for each other, we had gotten into a deep pattern of being good for each other (even though we werent) and supporting [Partner] (even though we werent) and staying together because we needed that (even though we didnt). You Police Their Food Or Body. Oh wow. He may have met someone new and is now taking her on dates, buying her gifts as well as making other gestures. As the Captain and some of the Army have said, sometimes people need a bit of time to reset themselves mentally from caretaker, and weird things can stand in for anxiety about another person. If your boyfriend has trouble talking about his feelings, try asking him if there's anything he'd like to talk about (within your relationship or just in general). What kind of phrases should I NOT say? But my partner punishes me emotionally when I eat unhealthy food and dont exercise just sounds really bad out of context. That looks like progress to me. Similarly, she may love him and think he is perfect, if he only didnt do XYZ. 1) It really doesnt appear to be helping you (being berated and controlled is bad for humans) He has literally never done this. (sadly I live in the UK and our sun is not plentiful enough!). Harville Hendrix has some good insights as to why we pick partners who embody what we needed but didnt get as children from our parents, and how to move toward resolving those issues. The inevitable consequences to him & many people he cared about just outweighed any potential satisfaction far too drastically. This is totally fine when your relationship is great. And I think thats a super sweet thing to do, because sometimes we need explicit cues from others that they care about us and arent secretly frowning at us. I 100 million percent second this. It sounds as though its not simply a case of dump him, because that can be hard, especially when youre trying to sustain a healing process. You are the person who knows whats best for you. You are more than good enough you are wonderful, no matter what you are doing, what choices youve made today. Because cookies were next to my bed. He is like the fucking human incarnation of depression. I feel like the most charitable view of your boyfriend is maybe someone who doesnt understand depression very well (though who knows, he may even have had first hand experience but its a mental illness that everyone experiences vastly differently) and has absorbed all the messages of exercise releases serotonin and Good Hormones so it is the Natural Cure! Some guys are just lazy, especially when it comes to relationships. Im a grown ass adult and he still tries to do things like that to me. That person is more invested in control and in being right than in respecting you. That you are so incredibly lucky and your boyfriend is a saint for dating you and youre an idiot it you let him go. It also reads a bit like hes trying to control her looks as opposed to her happiness, though again, my vision may be a bit skewed here. Let's discuss four things that happen when you actually stop chasing a man and how this affects the relationship. It seems to be the get-out-of-jail-free card for everyones tactless remarks and dumbass behaviour. Thankfully, I like to cook, and shell eat anything I put in front of her except fish, so getting a healthy meal into her is relatively easy. NOTHING YOU DO IS GOOD ENOUGH! What the fuck? Towards the end of our relationship, he became toxic, rude, and lazy. I spent most of my life not being good enough for some reason or another and its a way for some one to exert control by keeping you off balance. Also, if its pre-arranged (and do make sure she agrees, of course), its harder to back out than it is to decide not to go over to see somebody else. That!! LW, you are already doing so much good stuff for yourself, and at your own pace. Just. It could be as simple as he just no longer feels like being around you, which means there isnt much motivation for making an effort either. http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/77777760800/. I didnt do it for you. Second, I think that anything you can do to reach out to people who are Not Your Boyfriend is going to help. If he only does that with yours, thats not being logical, thats being a dick. In some cases, he may have forgotten how strong your connection was. "You need to STOP chasing him immediately. "I . I wish you the best of luck and hope that you bear in mind that love alone is not enough to sustain a relationship you can still love someone deeply and make the choice that the relationship isnt healthy for either of you. . Maybe the simplest (and best, to be completely honest with you about how Im feeling about this dude) answer is:You dont make each other happy anymore, and youd both be happier if you ended it and found someone more compatible. Good job former-me! Because I didn't have my phone, he started asking me these questions in person. Ideas which involve me policing my SOs behavior, rather than my SO doing it for themselves those ideas both take agency from my SO, and attempt to make their behavior my responsibility. didnt care to be badgered about things and it needed to stop. You are strong and brave to decide that you need to draw boundaries. NO. Dont sit around waiting for his call or text message because it could go on all day without either of you saying anything at all to each other just texts back and forth that dont really say much if hes not initiating the conversation himself. Feelings of shame and guilt. We sat side by side on the couch, and he told my therapist how much he loved me, how much he wanted to help me, and how much it hurt him to see me suffering. He really thought he was helping by being logic- and reason-focused to the point that he would ignore and/or belittle anything I said about how I wanted to be treated unless I could back it up with logic. Thats a complicated and unpleasant thing to wrestle with every time you step onto an elliptical. In retrospect I think that I was correct about her commitment level BUT I still put all the focus on her rather than dealing with my own portion of those concerns and my personal issues. 2) Even if being prompted to do things like eat better food, exercise to work off stress etc was beneficial to you..its still wrong and bad to do it without an agreement, ESPECIALLY when the promptee has explicitly asked the other person to not do it. Think hard and make plans. Which is, when you get down to it, rather like juxtaposing a floor mop and a ceiling duster as binary opposites the opposition is purely circumstantial, there are more similarities between the two than differences, and quite honestly, if pushed, either of them can perform the same tasks as the other if theyre the only thing to hand. I went through a phase when I asked him if he was feeling depressed almost every day at a point when he was beginning to feel better. I was in a controlling relationship (where I had recurrent depression) and it took being away from my partner for 3 months (he left the country to visit family) to feel the intense relief and lift of stress and realize that the main problem was actually him. He seems to be framing it as good diet and exercise will make you feel better rather than be thinner but I wonder if the latter is his true goal here. He means well is one of those phrases that is just full of NOPE. What he meant to communicate was like Lets try this thing together! or Im trying this thing and Im loving it! but it came out as How about you do this thing? He was reluctant to agree to stop giving advice, because it was painful and frustrating for him to watch me go through depressive periods and be unable to help. You can also find out through careful observation of his actions. How much cleaning does HE do? Actual logic is about statements, facts, reasons, not about How Logical I Am. Do you believe and trust that the struggling person is doing the best they can within their limitations, and treat them as the expert on their own life? And exercise does help me it does! Not once, not twice, but every time you call. This is not one of them. So much sympathy to the LW for trying to make this work on top of making themself happy. Whats done is done, nobody likes being reminded every time they make a mistake but at least try not to rub salt in his wounds by bringing up old fights with new ones unless absolutely necessary. Realize that you cannot change your partner's behavior. You are doing FINE. Someone struggling is not an automatic invitation to step in and run their lives for them. Leaving an abusive partner later on didnt scare me as much. Let me give an example. Except theyre not actually asking YOU whats best for you. Another pertinent question: How does BF react to advice given by LW? You know your boyfriend and your own situation better than we do, so I trust you to figure out who and what you are dealing with and take steps to care for yourself. You know the fight that led to the end of our relationship? Some people need their partner to be less than them so they feel secure. Do you know what actually made me feel so much better? LW, I dont think your bf loves you for you. Its part of who you are but that doesnt make it a bad thing. You still get to decide whether you like him. I expect him to monitor his health and to take as much action as he can when hes feeling bad, just as LW is doing. I found it odd at first that my marriage broke up after I got to feeling better through therapy (by my measure and my therapists.) Seriously, FUCK HIM (and not in a fun way). The first thing is take a deep breath, relax. Reactions based on internal, undisclosed standards isnt about keeping score, but it does have an effect, LW, and youve been feeling it: uncertainty, insecurity, and anxiety around their approval. Cant get to the I want? LW, heres the thing about our Jerkbrains: theyre jerks. Weve broken up now and I think its safe to say were both much, much happier. Im sure your partner wants you to be happy and healthy and active, but why? Good luck LW, and I hope you get to see how much better life can be when someone isnt actively holding back your awesomeness. ! I dont want to invalidate anyone who found exercise very helpful in getting better, but the reason depressed people find people constantly mentioning exercise so wearing is it honestly doesnt work for everyone. If what he says pisses you off, take it as a good sign that your self-respect and self-preservation instincts are waking up and working. I think its easy for us to say DTMFA because we know none of the other persons good qualities. Like the Captain said, if it helps you have the conversation, totally go for it. Its hard to figure out what to do and how to do it in a way that supports them and helps them. Do not copy, print, or repost entire posts elsewhere without written permission. Then, at the end of any date, I got this huge guilt trip if I didnt show gratitude. LW, your bf sounds like my ex bf with the bone deep conviction that you should always be allowed to comment on your sos appearance and choices and exercise and work ethic. Point out to your boyfriend that he's not her savior and doesn't need to ride to her rescue. I cant leave my house very much. LW, Ive been in your shoes, and youre ignoring how very NOT nice the boyfriend is being with all this. Scrolling through my phone. It really doesnt feel like he likes you. Things that actually help, like making me food, or cuddling me and telling me how great I am, or watching funny videos with me, or playing Who Let the Dogs Out (I dont care if its the Worst Song of All Time, it ALWAYS improves my mood). He finally stopped when I was a teenager and I said something along the lines of it was a good thing I wasnt as sensitive about food as many teen girls, otherwise such comments could send me towards anorexia. What can I say to make him want me again? You cant have all your food be treats otherwise youre not actually eating healthy food, but they are needed or you burn out and develop an eating disorder. One person I dated who trampled all over my boundaries and was generally terrible would tell me that he was challenging me and that it was good to be a relationship with someone who.trampled all over your boundaries? You know everything he said is true. But I guess its cool because he never got DIVORCED *gasp*. THIS. OK, clearly Im not making you happy here, what with my not exercising right and not eating well enough and doing the dishes as frequently as you like. (ALSO he sounds like the sneering voice of trying to stop CSP behaviours once youre in the zone with them.) Im also in a place where I need to learn to feel good about myself and yet am in a home environment where I hear waaaay more criticism, scrutiny, and you should/shouldnts instead of support. Again, fine line. Youre a real person. I want to highlight a few things from your letter that really disturbed me. I dont know if your boyfriend will ever accept that your moods are part of the package but there will be someone who will. You cant have every moment be a comfortable one otherwise youre never actually challenging yourself, but they are needed otherwise you burn out. He is avoiding it. i suffer from anxiety, have self esteem issues and insecuriti. So, to me, a partner who listens and trusts you about your health and is willing to accept hardships when you have problems is a safety issue. When I started to develop some self-confidence! We need a comfortable place to regroup after a challenge, to process the growth, to relax. When your boyfriend just slithers away leaving you completely confused and broken hearted, it adds to the suffering. Someone who doesnt follow your clear requests on how to help you might not be good at helping you, or motivated to help you. Without the receptive, captive audience, it isnt nearly as much fun for him. Tell your boyfriend once that you've noticed that he stopped sending text messages. 2. I get the feeling that even if LW does everything the boyfriend wants, and eats all her veggies and does a few triathlons and gets a job modeling for Vogue and is elected President of the Universe, there will always still be something else for him to criticize. But everything you say about this dudetells me that hes more in love with Potential You than he is with Actual, Right Here You. You're not sure what it is that might be going on, then give him space and don't contact him for a little while. (From knowing my mother I now if shed had any reservations she would have allowed herself to tell me about them as many times as she could. Just a thought here any time Ive been in a relationship with someone who used terminology like you shouldnt let yourself be comfortable or relationships take work! or related, those ended up being, in hindsight, big red flaggy flags. Maybe he thinks he wants you better, so acts in ways that can be seen as toward that goal, but is afraid of you being better, because then he would have no grounds to act superior to you. Youve been through a lot, and you have been so strong and come so far and you have a wonderful partner who wants to help you and knows whats best for you. The difference between this dude and the dudes I know, though, is that when the dudes I know were told to stuff a sock in it because they were coming across all doomy and demanding, they did. But now, he doesnt suggest doing anything together anymore either. 15 Signs He Has Stopped Making an Effort If you are experiencing some or all of the following signs, it could be that your boyfriend has stopped making an effort: 1. Ive asked him to stop trying to get me to change, that you cant change other people, but he refuses to accept that, to the point that he says its the stupidest thing hes ever heard. Listen to his response and try to . The people who appoint themselves my life coach have always happened to be women, personally). And hey, when you want to use him as a sounding board for something, maybe this reminder will help: Asking advice or needing help with one thing isnt an invitation for advice about everything. I cringe whenever I think about how unfair and how disrespectful I was to him, and how much time we wasted together when we each could have been in other situations (partnered or not) that would have been more fulfilling. Finally I flat out refused. I have an ex my friend refers to as The Physical Manifestation of MellifluousDissents (Formerly) Low Self-Esteem. I suspect this b/f may belong to that club as well. My therapist says (on a frequent basis, because Im still working on some of this): Should is a REALLY loaded word and occasionally Should is a really shitty word. Usually in the interest of my mental and physical health, but also a little bit because living with someone who has panic attacks can be exhausting especially when they dont always take the best care of themselves (guilty). Forgive me, but I get the feeling from your letter that its the latter. Part of why its so difficult to break up with someone without a Huge Serious Reason is that without one, theres no defined point at which you MUST do it. So LW: dump your boyfriend, or dont dump your boyfriend. Yeah, he sounds like the things my Jerkbrain says when Ive drank too much and I feel so gross enough that I just want to get everything out of my stomach. In hindsight there was nothing he could have done. And hey, staying in bed, amiright? Taking emotions out of decision making is actually a highly irrational approach. managed to pollute both the minds and the bodies of the American people, but he meant well. However, intent isnt magic and the effect of his actions do cause you harm. ?, I have to step back and tell myself, hes an adult and its his path to choose, the choice I get to make is whether to help him in the way he wants to be helped, or try to control things. Copyright 2011 thru 2023 Jennifer Peepas, all rights reserved. What places in the city do you love going to most? Id put one more thing on that disaster preparedness list: a good friend who will hang out with you should you start to feel lonely. Do you ever get the feeling that your relationship would be completely over if you stop initiating texts or hang outs? Both of the above. Your dreams for the future have taken a back seat. What are some of the relationship killers that might have led him to this point? I said You know, a lot of the time people do what they want in the moment & dont think it through, especially when theyre having powerful emotional impulses. He was like well that way of life doesnt make sense. They seem impatient Ways this manifests: BOY does he like to research before making a decision. Neither one is going to work. And when he realized that I wasnt counting walking as exercising but really enjoyed it, he encouraged me to think of walking as exercise, brainstormed ways WITH ME to fit it into my day more, offered to walk with me, and asked me if I wanted a pedometer (note: he did not just buy me one), 4) when I felt like I couldnt do anything but lay on the couch and rewatch TV shows Id already seen, he sat next to me and read, or watched his own shows with headphones in and just quietly let me know he was there WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. Maybe it has nothing to do with you. And its going to be almost impossible to dump him because youre so invested in him but you arent going to get better if he keeps breathing down your neck. If someone has stated that they have a certain goal, I used to be overly helpful. Now I usually do not offer any help unless its someone Im close enough to to reasonable believe they might want me to. If he really has your best interests at heart, both of you will benefit; if not, you at least will have the benefit of setting those boundaries. If you suggest doing something with him or if he is the one to bring it up, he will always say maybe. Your boyfriend has not yet learned this truth, because he is hiding it. He is really good with computers and accounting. Yeah, he sounds like a lot of bad voices like an A Capella Choir of Angst. "And if . Every single opportunity he gets, a controlling boyfriend will try to make you feel guilty for not toeing his line. I wish our society did not have such a negative view of women who have low moods. Kindness. And whats wrong with your alphabet, here, let me prioritize those letters for you. If someone has stated that they have a certain goal, I think its to. The original post way owning your low moods and that makes me angry. A while, call them/message them and helps them. happened to women. 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