I'm obsessed with my boyfriend

This is long I know but please bare with me. I really need some help bad.
Okay. My boyfriend and I have been together on and off for about two years now. We broke up for about 3 months back from Oct-Dec of last year and then got back together, shortly there after moving in together. We we first began dating, everything was so fun. He cared and showed he didn't want to lose me. He did little things, and wasn't afraid to do anything with me. When we argued, he would try to fix it. Well I made a few mistakes and that's why we broke up in October.
While we were apart, he started dating this girl he met while playing ball. it devastated me because he started dating her two weeks after week broke up. i went crazy. I quit my job, quit school, moved out of my parents and in with these two girls i barely knew and we partied all the time. But all i thought about none stop was him. I got behind on all my bills, lost my car and lost my closest friends because I completely shut down because I didn't have him.
Once we decided to get back together I was so happy again. Even though at first he was treating me really bad I just took it as him needed time for us to get back to us again. So I gave him time and he started to come around again and was treating me like a princess. I felt like the happiest girl in the world until about 3 months ago. in mid June, a little over two months after we moved in together, we were in his car going to find a pet bunny. A number that was not saved in his phone texted him and he just responded like he knew who it was but he told me he didn't. The person responded again and I had his phone looking at directions so I told him I was going to ask him who it was. And of course it was the girl he had been seeing while we weren't together. I told him I was going to pretend to be him and texted her. He said okay.
Now I wasn't trying to be noisy. From what he had told me, he had informed her that he was in love with me and that he didn't want to have anything to do with her. So I asked her, pretending to be him, why are you messaging me? You know I love my girlfriend and want to be with her. she responding by saying,"That's not what you said our last conversation." followed by a screen shot of May 16th, just a little over a month after we moved in together, of a conversation between them two. It was him telling her he still loved her. she responded that he would always love me more and then he told her no. then she said you'll always love her forever. He responded by saying, I don't think I will. I was sick to my stomach. I was humiliated and completely heart broken.
After this the list and lies just got longer. I found out the prior to our break up in october, he was trying to talk to 5 different girls. Messages on his facebook to me tell me he loves me the same exact hour frame as he told these other girls how sexy they are and the things he wanted to do to them. Also, when we first got back together, He had sex with a girl at a party one night when he completely ignored all my calls and text. He's lied straight to my face point blank when I asked him about a particular girl and there I found the proof on his facebook.
The list goes on and on. And still after all this, after every fight we had about all this, i always ended up being the one begging him to please not leave.
I have stayed with him and these past three months have had my brain and emotions in hell. I wonder where he is at every second. of he doesn't text me or call me, I get sick to my stomach to the point that I throw up because I'm afraid he's not coming home. I can't focus on anything but him. Everything I do It has to have some element of him in it.
He has been trying to make things better but I still have this deep down gut feeling that something still isn't right but I can't leave him. I feel like nothing without him. My entire life is built around him. I'm constantly checking his facebook, going through his phone when he doesn't know. I've gained weight, can't focus on anything I need to get done, can;t focus on anything but him. It's so unhealthy. I Never used to be this way. I'm 23. I was 6 month away from finishing school and I quit because he broke up with me and I couldn't handle being around more then a few people at a time or try focusing on anything else or I would have a panic attack. I had all my bill organized. My whole life organized. I was never late on any payments, I worked my butt off for the things I have, and now I'm scared to work too much because I don't want to leave him alone and me not know what he's doing. I give shifts away now just to sit at a ball park and watch him play so that I know that he is not talking to anyone else. My whole life is completely consumed with him. what he needs, what he wants, what he's feeling. It's like reality doesn't matter if I dont have him.
I just want my old self back. I want to be able to go to work and be the best worker I can be and focus my attention there instead of running off every 10 minutes to check my phone for his text. and when he doesnt text me back, I log onto his facebook to see if he's chatting with any one making plans.
I need help. I am so mentally drained and I can't do this any more. He has no idea in the world the effect he has on me and I don't think he would care if he did. Anytime I get upset about something he did, he always turns it around and makes it my fault somehow and the last argument we had he left for four days and I completely went insane. I slept maybe 5 hours that whole four days. Had to leave my job because I had panic attacks so now I don't say a word about how I feel about anything because I can't live without him.
Someone please help me. Please. I can't do this any more. I don't want to be obsessed with him any more. I'm tired of this feeling.

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Comments ( 22 )
  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt

    You have to leave or else it will get worse. For your own sake. You are already suffering panic attacks. You really cannot afford for your mental health to get worse.
    I know you probably won't take any of my advice because it is just easier to stay with him. Trust me, I've been there before. It may not seem like it but if you leave, cut all contact with him then the pain lessens! It really does get better. Life goes on and you will survive!
    You cannot do this alone. You HAVE to get help. You are suffering from bad anxiety and I believe you are addicted to him. Therapy can help this. I cannot stress to you how much therapy turned my life around after my relationship broke down. I am a new, happier and optimistic person. You can do it! You may not think it but deep down you have strength and with help, you'll come out the other side with a big smile on your face.
    Please consider leaving. No matter what you have done, you do not deserve this. I have felt like you before. I fell into deep depression, developed anxiety and just did not want to live anymore because I thought there was no life without him. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I really hope you feel better at some point. Help yourself and run a mile from him.

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    • JustinBiebsFan#1

      nothing wrong with doing things to women when they are sleeping

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      • BlueJeansWhiteShirt

        You do come out with some strange things...

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  • Naamah

    Your post is focused on your suffering but what was this if I may ask - "I made a few mistakes". To be honest, your post seems quite one-sided to me as you mentioned that quite briefly...

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  • Is there someone you could stay with like a friend or mom/dad? You need to leave him and you have to do it quickly. Pack your stuff up and have a place ready to go. It seems like if he begged you to stay you would end up staying. Don't let him try to talk you out of it. It's easy to give in.

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  • Phobos

    You need to leave him. He is nothing but a pain for you. You may not see it but clearly he is, if he gives you panic attacks then seriously.. He isn't worth your time.. When you're in a relationship you and your partner are supposed to have complete trust and unconditional love. But he obviously, is a male, which he is a pig. I'm a male and I can say for my self that most guys are pigs. This may hurt but, hunny he doesn't love you like he might say he does. This is a challenge and a new chapter in your life... Restart and DO NOT TALK TO HIM.

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  • lufa

    You're blinded by your love or obsession for him. Plus you're making life easy for him and hard for yourself. What guy doesn't want a gf and then others on the side and get away with it all?

    Guys like me who are ethical, empathetic and considerate understand that we forgo dating other women if we're exclusive with one girl-because it's obviously hurtful and demeaning, but also we wouldn't want to be cheated on, unless it was an open relationship to begin with.

    Your drama is kind of cute and I wouldn't mind having a girl a little obsessed with me, cause I can get that way too when I'm in love, but it's double edged sword. The downside is that you get taken for granted-which is what's happening to you right now.

    Save that love, affection and attention for a man that deserves it. Treat this as a learning experience, accept your flaws, don't ignore them, work within their constraints, like your tendency to obsess. Start doing the opposite.

    Familiarity breeds contempt-it also breeds ambivalence in my view. Meaning people don't care about your feelings. Learn babe, love is a great and sometimes cruel teacher. Time to grow, time to mature, suck it up, wipe away those tears, walk away from him, never look back.

    I'll add when that obsession takes over your life and starts ruining it, you really should take a step back and ask yourself if it's worth the suffering. Also if you can't get a handle on it, see a therapist who can help.

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  • lc1988

    Is this your first long relationship?

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  • chatter289

    Awwwww hun! *big big big hugs*. He is not the one chick. Yes i know you love him but this time, love you more. He is not worth it i promise you. And let me tell you something chick, even if all the lies and cheating stops, you will forever be paranoid with him. I say what i do because i have experienced it ans its the worse feeling one could have.

    Please, he has messed ur life up already, don't let him take all of it. Get away from this man because he is qick sand, and the thought that he put you through all of this which then resulted to you leaving education, losing great friends etc.... has it now been worth it??? NO.

    Pick up the courage, leave him, mourn him and move on. You're the same age i am, so you're not even remotely close to being old. You will find someone who will love and support you but this guy is not it! Please for your sake, leave him!

    You have a very very bad obession and hav been conditioned to him. I strongly urge you to see a counsellor because this is not healthy at all and it could get a whole load worse because from the looks of it you can't seem to manage your own emotions. You're emotionally not stable because that piece of crap has done this to you. And to addd, there is no absolute shame in seeing a counsellor, thats what they are there for.

    All the best honey x

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  • QuestionMark?

    Tl;dr

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  • aduncan6505

    Okay I didn't get on here to be patronized or try to be humiliated. I really need someone to talk too and some help. I have never posted anything on a forum like this. But I am unable to talk to any one else. So if you feel the need to patronize me please just keep your comments about me rambling about my boyfriend to yourself. I have never delt with the situation I am in now and I was hoping to did support and advice. Not someone to belittle me or humiliate me any more then I already am. It took so much for me to be able to write this out and post it so thanks for those of you who are offering me their advice and insight. It means more than you could imagine.

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    • Its_Called_Love

      Once I was in a relationship like this. He was a cheating ass, but I was so emotionally dependant on him, I'd ignore it or forgive him for it. I'd miss weeks of school just because he asked. After a year he dumped me by changing his facebook status to single while I was across the country visiting my mom's grave. He gave me no warning other then that, and I completely lost it. I couldn't eat, just the smell of food made me sick. I think I was luck to sleep an hour at night. I ended up getting kicked out by my Aunt less than a week later, had to quit school. I felt like I had lost my reason to live (not trying to be over dramatic). He only contracted me after I started dating a really great guy, trying to get me to cheat on my new boyfriend. I told the scum that when I'm in a relationship, I'm not with anyone else. Please, I don't know if this is going to help you, but please leave him. Getting your own independence back is key to getting your power back. Even if you have to move in with your parents to do it, just try. Even getting your diploma might help, anything really that gives you some control of your own life. Its a great start and will become a life lesson later on.

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  • aduncan6505

    When I say I made a few mistakes, what I meant was I had just gotten out of a 5 year relationship and I was trying to be take things slow and in his eyes, though I didn't see it at the time, I was "hiding" us from all our friends and what not since my ex was in our group. I was being inconsiderate to feelings because I didn't want drama around us when we were first starting out so I, to him, "turned us off" around them. I didn't think anything bad about. I was trying to avoid drama but he took it very personal. I didn't cheat on him or do anything unfaithful. It was just things along those lines. Getting irritated too easily, etc. stuff like that.

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  • Who_Fan4Life

    Please, ramble on some more about your boyfriend!

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  • moomus

    I was in a relationship like this! He was telling me he loved me and how much I mean to him while at the same time telling other women the same, and how much he hated me and couldn't leave me for some reason or another. I found out and kicked him out, and he begged me back for 6 months. I never took him back, and met someone else some time later. Best thing I ever did, he's still playing the field now with other women and hasn't settled cuz he doesn't know how, and hes 37! Stay away, busy yourself to get your mind off him and ou will meet someone else you deserve, let him ruin relationship after relationship, not your problem as long as its not you!

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  • theytookthisone

    Seriously you need to leave, doesn't sound like a healthy relationship at all. He's just going to continually hurt you. And you allow it to happen by staying with him even after all that crap he pulls on you.. But it is your choice whether or not you want to stay with him..it just seems like too much unnecessary stress and you will only feel like you wasted your time later on with him

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  • julia492

    Pack your bags, move out, head to France, and fall In love with a kind there.

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  • SangoNyappy

    I just wanted to say he's asshole

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  • dom180

    I'm going to echo everyone else and say leave. If it helps you, I wouldn't even think of him as a boyfriend anymore. A boyfriend is mean to give a damn about you and he stopped doing that a long time ago. He isn't a boyfriend, he's just some guy who's using you and wrecking your life.

    Follow BlueShirtWhiteJeans' advice. Leaving him doesn't seem like something you can handle without someone else to support you. Getting therapy might be daunting and talking about what's happened to you won't be easy, but I'm sure you'll be much happier when it's finally done.

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  • Squambly+

    It's sad how some peoples worlds literally come crashing down around them over a break up. I think you need help and independence.

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  • NoLoved1215

    men where we need more girls like you out there. I wish i can find a girl thats obsessed with me :)

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  • UhhhOK

    I feel sorry for you.
    Leave him. You are better than that.

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