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[quote=Anonymous]A few months ago, I met someone who had recently moved to town. We've ended up dating since and things had been going well. This person had not put a foot wrong towards me and we had been making some future plans. Everything was great. Then over the last couple of weeks, a series of events in this person's life have led to them essentially having a full-on crisis, culminating in an evening where some messages were exchanged that made me very concerned for this person's well being. After that day, this person very much shut down, and I was left completely in the dark about what exactly had happened (I was never told any real details about what was going on) and how this person was doing. I was finally able to get them to meet up to discuss a few days ago. They were surprisingly forthright and honest about the issues they were facing, which I appreciated given that it could not have been easy to let me in on some of these things.

At this point, this person is not in a good spot and is very much struggling, although seems to be a bit better after hibernating for a week. It seems as though I may be the only person that is aware of the issue, as they for some reason feel a strong sense of not wanting to burden anyone else with their problems. My questions is, what, if anything can I or should I do to help? They don't really know anyone here and have no base of support in the city and also feel this strong need to deal with this alone, which I hate. For me, my role here is complicated by the fact that we've only ever been in a dating relationship, not a situation where we were friends first. I don't know if I should consider this relationship over and leave them alone or if I should continue to check in occasionally to make sure they are ok. I'm not really concerned with the state of the relationship at this point, but I do care enough to want this person to be OK, don't want them to feel that they are alone, and want them to get help if they need/want it. I'm just not sure what, if anything, would be appropriate at this point. [/quote]

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