I experienced the same thing in my recent relationship. We’ve know each other during medical school and we hit it off really well. Towards the end of the class I asked her if she wanted to get in a relationship she said she was really depressed and couldn’t be in a relationship (this is when symptoms started). Fast forward a few months later I reached out to her and with great surprise she agreed to meet me and we started talking and began a relationship. Everything was going great. We had great chemistry and things were going really well, we both enjoyed each other and there was nothing but love and respect for each other. I noticed that she was experiencing a lot of these symptoms as stated in the article, tired, cold, yawing a lot, joint pain and a little weight gain but I didn’t mention anything. I love her for who she is her heart not the way she looks. She started her new program to continue her medical career and she was struggling (having a hard time focusing and retaining info) but I keep being motivational and being positive towards everything. Then she received a call from the doctors saying that the results confirmed that she was diagnosed with hashimotos. This is when things started to change. She was still talking to me and we hung out whenever she had the time. And I made effort to remain patient and positive. She told me she appreciates how I hung on thru the time, distance and medical condition. A few weeks pass and school started to get harder and she is on the boarder line of failing. So I allowed her time and space to focus on school. We didn’t talk for a week and when I reached out to see how she was doing I didn’t get a reply. A few days later still no reply so I texted her again and she said there’s a lot going on and that she’s sorry for neglecting me. I kept it positive saying I understand and not to worry. I understand that her life goals and career is the very top priority along with her immediate family. And I fall at the bottom. So a few weeks go by and I reach out to check in and nothing. A few weeks later still nothing so I made the mistake in calling her multiple times. She replied saying that she is moving out of her dads and that there’s a lot going on there. And she will call me when she was done. I didn’t get a call but I got a text saying that she moved out of her dads and is with her mom. There was way too much happening there. She said that she jumped into things way to quick and it best that we remain friends. There was just way too much happening. I was really upset and hurt and said if I accepted to being just a friend I would be lying to myself and to her. I can’t just see you as a just a friend. I love her. I told her to reach out to me if she changes her mind and when things have settled down. I gave her a motivational message and told her there’s a lot I’m going to miss about you and to take care. She replied I’m sorry. It’s been about a month since I heard from her and i don’t know what to do. I want to reach out to her and see how’s she doing but afraid that I would be bothering her and drive her father away from me. If there’s any advice I can get it would be greatly appreciated. I wish I came across this article sooner, it would have helped me realize what was really going I thought she was just being avoidant towards me. And didn’t want to continue things. Now I know what was happening and I’m full of regrets and sadness.

Wow to say the least… I went looking for something to explain myself for so long. So explain what I was going thru and to get my bf to understand. That who I was and what I was going thru wasn’t me. It felt like someone else was living my life for me in a way to explain it. I know in My worst I was someone else. I bow call that person my alter ego. I don’t recognize myself in past videos or some pics are very like weird. I seemed like a self centered selfish female dog word. So your story sounds pretty similar to what I went thru pretty dang close. Him and I are still together for now. For the future idk. I don’t think he likes me very much anymore because of the past. It’s the week of and my moods off once again. So putting him thru slight hell not on purpose. It’s just idk something something hits me and I get picky or questionable to him. I don’t trust I accuse or I reply harshly. This crap sucks. So it’s ruined me, my relationship one time. We got back together because he never gave up. Here we r now and sometimes I think he would be better without me and this drama crap.. me and this dilemma. I mean just because I suffer why should he. Sometimes I think he would be better off. I feel like I’m exhausting him and it’s not intentional at all. It doesn’t help along the way my sister died and everything was even worse.

Thanks and you too… I myself can relate