So me and my girlfriend broke up with me last mouth on May 2nd. She said it wasn't my fought but she didn't want to me go in to depression and hurt me. I have had adhd since i was diagnosed at the age of 7. Ive never had so bad depression and anxiety in the period 2 weeks.The stuff i was going thought i have never had happen in my life. My entire body turned numb for the whole day, i wasn't eating anything barely getting any sleep. The night after she broke up with me i could not get any sleep in my house and could not be in my house because she had helped me choose my colors for my walls and helped me put stuff together in my house. That night or morning at 2 am i could not get any sleep so i decided to get in my diesel truck and drove to my parents house that is 8 miles away at a 100 mph because i didn't care about life anymore and my life was i thought was over and had no idea how to deal with what was going on. So i turned around and i did the same thing on back home. i put on a lot of miles on my pick up going to talk to my parents and pastor and going to my best friends house that week i found someone to talk to and i could trust. ive started to go to a relationship therapist to help me and hes helped me a lot on how to focus my brain on whats more important. He has showed how to meditate and that has really helped me to the point ive archived the state weight less ness while meditating. I call it being in the Zen Moment when that happens. Meditation has really helped me be able to do the things that she helped remind me to do stuff. Since we have broke up i have read Taking charge adult ADHD like 4 times and the adhd effect on marriage twice. By reading these books ive learned alot of things i want to work on and have started to work on. i know these things will take time and will not be over night so im fine with that it takes time. i enjoy taking notes on these books and learning what i can do better and work on. I don't know to approach my ex i think she will agree to see me on a neutral playing field so we can talk to each other. i have some ideas what i want to say to her and ask her to have a open mind because it would have done the same thing if she came to me how do i make that happen. i think are relationship was affect in the past 6 months from my adhd and a communication difference because after reading these books i realized we were not doing it right.
there is more to the story i just summarized what happened and what i need help with. i would like help on what i should do i think a zoom call or a discord call would be better for me to explain what was going on.
You don't need a girl friend based on your post...
Submitted by c ur self on
Your post say's " I am unstable"....And the behaviors (choices) you have listed here, have nothing to do with add...The last thing another person needs to be around is you and your unstable actions and choices...And actually, if you (any of us) truly cared about your X girl friend, you would not want her to endure the trauma your actions dump on those who have tried to have a relationship with you....Take care of yourself, get your life under control...Then you want have to convince someone to love you....
All you can do is try
Submitted by 1Melody1 on
I'm happy for you that you've found some support, tools to help and feel more optimistic. I would say that all you can do is explain to your ex-girlfriend in the way you're most comfortable - without getting too attached to an outcome. E.G. if you hope you might get back together, she might not be willing. If your motivation is just to apologize and let her know what was going on with you and assure her you're okay and working on yourself, perhaps she'd love to hear that and maybe that would be a gentler end to the relationship for both of you. At the same time, if you are hoping to get back together or even if you hope for any specific reaction from her, consider how you might feel if it doesn't go very well. It sounds like you had an extreme reaction previously and are on a really good path now. It may also be time to let her go and focus on yourself so you can be healthy and have ADHD strategies to apply to your next relationship. You are doing well, but will still need a lot of support for quite some time as you navigate this, so just consider if that's something that's fair to put on your ex-girlfriend, who was already very concerned about your mental health.
Good luck to you! You are doing all the right things. Keep leaning into that support system.