I honestly wish I had someone like ML cause I can relate with MC and I myself don't know what to do with myself or how to help myself or how others can help me. I really hope this all works out for both of them and that ML wouldn't get drained too.
Yes to this! I just wrote a whole long comment becaise i think ML has been amazing (not perfect but super amazing within the context)
Makes me hope i get to meet someone who also has this much affection and patience to not be overwhelmed by the worst depressive attacks. One of the reasons I have remained single for more than a decade now is to not have someone love through the stress of being with me
I was in a relationship and I just got worse. I was told you'll be fine, think about this and that, go out, just don't do it. You think I wanna be like this?! its not a switch you can just turn off, I ended things and I felt better. We could only wish to find someone like ML, but until then I would prefer to be single too.
Sending you hugs!
My last bf was 11 yrs older and more mature. Though he knew me enough as a family friend (basically saw me growing up etc), when we decided to try dating, I still had to warn him about my sudden mood swings (which can be severely weird for ppl who dont know) and how I might end up doing/saying things i dont mean. He was at least able to handle that for the most part, but the reason we didnt last more than a year was because he naturally had a hard/rigid personality, so sometimes he would (maturely) point out solutions/flaws in whatever issue was making me feel emotionally stressed, and it would almost always make me cry and feel attacked even if I knew he didnt mean it that way. Like at the end of the day he was also of the belief that it could be switched off/solved in a moment.
But a prev bf before that was the ultimate toxic pairing coz he rode into the depression with me and also fed my insecurities on purpose. We started out with me being very ok but I became so dependent that my entire college life is a black cloud for me because i barely had a life outside of our relationship. When we broke up it was so hard being very alone and it affected my schooling.
Rooting for ML in that he will continue to learn and be better and also receive support and affection from MC and others somehow.
Yes the sympathy for the mc is so valid but what I do not see mentioned a lot in the comment section is any sympathy for the ML.
Yes we know MC is hurt beyond words and is suicidal af. And he needs to be cured and saved and loved but what people do not understand is howwwwwww difficult it is to continue people with depression especially this severe. Mc also seems to have personality disorder. The ML has unconditionally loved the MC. Taking care of someone this mentally ill is such a huge challenge and often times people only the pain of the person who is ill but never of the one who is loving that person through such a tough time. 99% of people would leave such severely mentally unstable suicidal person behind which tbh is not wrong (because it's sooooo taxing to love them that you lose sight of everything else) but i have sooooooo much deep respect and real adoration for people like ML who has genuinely been calm and composed and has put MC before himself and everything. I can't even begin to imagine how much love he would need to get over such severe stress. No one's taking care of him. I sympathise with him so much. I hope he has a happy life.