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When your partner's mental illness threatens the relationship

I love my partner but their depression has gotten so bad that I feel like I am drowning trying to save them and I hate myself for wanting to leave.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Compassion fatigue creates a moral crisis between self-preservation and loyalty to suffering love.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Conflict and Repair in Love?”

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