
Dated a very depressed girl for 3 years and I ended up becoming scared to fall asleep at night because she once attempted while I was asleep. I also started dreading traveling or even just if she hadn’t texted me yet that day. I tried to get her on antidepressants for months and as soon as I succeeded, they worked (yay) and she then realized she was a lesbian and we broke up.
Obviously I’m not the one who suffered the most from her depression but I didn’t realize how much the constant stress and dread was weighing on my psyche until after we broke up, and it took me a while to stop feeling that way. I feel like I’ve lost my wherewithal to deal with mental health crises now.