I spent two years in love with the most amazing man, we lived together, we played together, we laughed together. He was part of every bit of my life. This year we were planning on moving out, getting married, and travelling.
About a month ago i noticed a change in him, he was becoming withdrawn, he rarely smiled and he was struggling with every aspect of his life. There were days where he seemed fine, and days where we were in the same house together but didnt say a word. I am a social work/ psychology student so i recognised the signs and was prepared to help him in any way that i could.
Unfortunately, he broke up with me last week saying things like "this isnt fair on you" , "your better off without me", " i don't know where my head is at". He wouldn't let me support him because it was unfair on me with him not being able to give me all that i need or all that i "deserve". He cried through this entire speech and ignored everything I said about wanting to stick around and support him.
What makes it more difficult, i dont know whether or not i should move on because he has promised to "get himself sorted" and then try and win me back, and throughout his entire 'break-up speech' he cried and kept telling me that he loved me.
For the most part it was not a bad break-up we hugged and i harbour no animosity. Just a shattered sense of self worth and no desire what so ever to get out of bed.
This hurts more than anything i could ever imagined, he thinks he is doing whats best for me because nothing makes him happy anymore. I wanted to be there to help him through all of this, i hate seeing him hurt. We are still on communicative terms, what kind of contact is appropriate in this situation?
However, my real question is do i wait for him or do i try and recover? Is it even possible for a relationship to recover from this?
