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Q: Ok... So My Boyfriend has some.. family problems with his older brother/guardian....like Incessant rape? I can't take it anymore I've been understanding about it and since I live so far away I can't do anything to stop it but talk to my boyfriend and comfort him when he's depressed. Some of my other friends call me "the fortune cookie" because I'll change completely from a hyper bubbly girl to someone who seems as if they're reading off of fortune cookies!

Countless times I've talked him out of suicide and harming himself, I've even gotten him to stop taking drugs and drinking.

But It seems I've run out of things to say to comfort him, and today I asked him what was wrong.
"My life." was his answer.
I tried to explain it as shattered glass, to relate to how he was feeling. but if anything I think I made him worse off.

So not only does it depress me to see him depressed, to know he lies about how he feels so I won't worry, but him lying just makes me worry more.

I've often said to myself, " How's it feel to know everything you do never matters at all? "

When we first met he said I'd leave just like everyone else in his life, but here I am...a little over a year later! and as each day goes by, no matter how much I love him I'm beginning to think that maybe I've made his life worse off?

So what should I do?
I'm open to any suggestions
because if it's able to make him happy I'm willing to do anything...

I say what I mean and I mean what I say, so I hope you can do the same to help me before I crack and go back to my own ways before he made my life happier...
okay i think that you are in a way in the middle situation. my name is michaela. i havent really gone through alot of what he has. i am hid in my religion.. i mean i go to church and pray alot when something is going on. but well i think that you should find a way to get him out of there. it could get bad. but i dont think that you are running out of ideas.. you jsut have lost them and cant find them... i think the best way to say something to comfort him is not by planning what to say to him but when something happens say it from your heart. you may be stuck but remember that well idk if u do but in a way that you love him. and if it hurts you to see him hurt then let him know how much you care by telling him. tell him you love him if you are ready to and tell him how proud you are that he has gone through all of what has gone on and that he is strong at heart and that even if he feels that he isnt and he has tried to long and is getting no where that he has you in his life and that you know that you will always be there and how you would feel it he did suicide or died. he is strong stronger than he thinks.. he just has to find his strength.god doesnt give us anything we cant handle.. it may be hard and seem unfare but everything happens for a reason and that love will always be in his life no matter what!! believe in yourself and let him believe in his self. life may start little but it is soon to grow! things will be set right.. just tell him to think.. to REALLY THINK!! to find a way to get away from what is happening to him.. and that drugs, over dose, and suicide isnt the answer. i think its away of hiding and making more for him to suffer by what he is doing to him self. and tell some one. who can help him get out of there.

all of what you said is good advice but I've tried this all before, but if I tell him that it hurts me then he just shuts me out even more. thank you again for trying to help me

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MichaelaMarlene
hi i'm michaela. i have had a pretty down life but there are good things. i think alot of people have had it hard. some people try to understand but only the person who has had that one thing happen to them can only really know how they feel.everyone has emotions and feelings that are different from others. even if others were in that same position. they just have a different perspective of it. well i have a huge family. i have some issues with my parnts but ya. i try to help lots of people.. as much as i can. i write things to help me deal with stuff but sometimes i have to find something else. i love to give advice and i am willing to help anyone with questions!! i try to give the best possible answer i can!!!

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