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I don’t think I’d be able to forgive myself for ending it with the chances he is being entirely honest. I do want to talk about it more with him but so far every time I bring it up it comes off as like an angry confrontation and I don’t know how to talk to him about it without getting upset. If I can express myself correctly and he doesn’t reciprocate, then sure I’ll leave. But I do need help trying to figure out how to bring it up again and explain my side of things. As far as dating other people, I’m not interested. I’ve never dated someone without being friends with them for years first, so it’s either stay with this man or be on my own for a few years again.

I started casually seeing a guy 6 months ago. Two months ago we became exclusive after I asked him what we were, but he says he’s not ready to commit to a relationship. We spend about 50% of our time together now(we live three hours apart, we take turns driving to stay with each other for 3-4 days a week). He says his reason for not wanting a relationship is that he is very codependent and wants to make sure that he is committing to someone who isn’t going to hurt him and wants to be very careful and make sure that we both know what we’re getting into before we commit and get too far into it. But, it’s also been six months now and I’ve told him multiple times that I want to be boyfriend/girlfriend and I don’t see the difference in what we’re doing vs a committed relationship. It does make sense, we were friends for a few years before this happened and I’ve very much seen his extreme codependency first hand when I watched him in his past relationships. I know he’s in therapy and trying to do better for himself, but I do get upset that he isn’t like that with me and obsessed with me like I’ve seen him do before with other girls. I know he hasn’t talked to anyone else since we became exclusive and I really want to fully trust him in this and most of the time I do, but sometimes I do get really really scared that I’m just like every other girl in a situationship, falling for a man’s pretty little lies until the honeymoon phase is over and he’s ready to dispose of me. I don’t know how to tell the difference and know which thoughts I have are true, and I know he says he’s trying to play it safe and “not get too attached too fast” but I’m already super attached and I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to leave if he really is trying to work towards a healthy relationship with intention, because this man was my very best friend and I could trust him with anything, but now I’m terrified and I sometimes question if I should just leave and block him on everything before he’s able to hurt me, which may just be my own mental health issues speaking. Anyway, advice??

I physically cannot get myself to get out of bed in the morning. Even after fixing my sleep schedule I just lay there until I have work or a doctors appointment. I can’t get anything done. I can’t see friends and family, I can’t go outside, I can’t even sit in bed and read a book. I physically cannot get up. Even sit up. And this has been going on for 7+ years. It’s to the point where I know almost every other issue in my life would be fixed if I could simply find a way to wake myself up. I’ve tried changing my phone lock screen to motivational messages or things I want to get done, put sticky notes on my wall by my bed, had my roommate try to wake me up, had people call me… nothing. I simply can’t do it. And I don’t know how to fix it. I so desperately want to because I need to move on with my life and find something to make myself enjoy my time, but I can’t when I waste all of my free time in bed. I don’t know what to do and I really need help.