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female
age
30-35,
anonymous
writes:Hey everybody.My boyfriend goes through periods of depression. I've experienced similar things in the past so to some extent I understand how it is.Sometimes I find it difficult to know what to do when he goes through these stages. Often we'll talk things out, but I know sometimes he prefers to withdraw, and that's okay because that's how some people cope.But when this happens, I get distracted from other things because I'm concerned. When we first started out relationship and this'd happen, I'd immediately want to call him or visit to make sure he was alright, but now we've been going out for longer I realise that he sometimes needs space when he gets like this. So in a way it's good that I'm realising this, but it's still a toughie. I don't want to ignore him because I care about him, but at the same time I want to be able to get on with other things while he has this 'down time'. Any advice?
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reader, lmao1989 +, writes (27 September 2012):
 I experience something quite similar believe me sometimes just leaving them on their own is the best way. If there is something he enjoys doing on his own leave him do it why not arrange it so if he likes games or going for a walk on his own or just listening to music say ok you do this for a while i'll go do what i need too and we can watch a movie together later or if he wants to talk suggest about talking later.
Hope this helps. Chin up.
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