I (24m) have been dating my girlfriend (26f) for around 3 months, we met quite a while ago but kind of decided recently that we would try dating
I had recently come out of an emotional abusive relationship and am still recovering from some rather nasty stuff that I have gone through. Its worth noting that both of us have been a bit too accommodating with previous partners that has lead to both of us dealing with abuse that really isn't awesome.
Around December 10th was the last time I saw her, we had plans and she wasnt feeling up to them which was okay, this pattern kept on happening and I noticed she was messaging less and less and then completely stopped talking, all I knew was that she was feeling down but I had been given no other information as to what was going on, it got to the point where the very bare minimum of communication was not upkept. she pretty much sent nothing but a good morning message every so often and that was that.
Obviously this was super concerning and felt really crappy. I talked to her once and she kind of didnt give me alot of information, after 5 full days of total no contact in a row I called her and she told me what was going on. Essentially, she said that she had periods where she felt very low and wasnt super functional. she said that she had travelled away for the moment and would arrive back to my city in like 5 weeks.
There are a few reasons this is super concerning to me, the just not forewarning me that this is a potential issue, non communicating at all during and then the fact that it will be a full 5 weeks since I see her next.
I guess this is a totally different kind of relationship issue then I have dealt with and have no idea of what a normal reaction to this sort of situation is, I feel really low and I feel like Im not even allowed to be frustrated or angry about it. Outside of this everything in the relationship feels awesome, generally communication about concerns and feelings are super good, we are super close otherwise and just everything else feels almost fairytale like. This situation feels terrible
If someone needs more information to answer im happy to talk about it a bit more detail right now im just feeling overwhelmed and may of missed details. Obviously will make sure any information cant point to anyone in particular
like how do you even move forward in this sort of situation, she advised this sort of thing can come up every few months …