My [21/f] boyfriend [25] broke up with me after his brother died. I want to pass out.

Relationship demands/obligations probably drained him too much - at least this is how I feel, I've just lost my dad. I want to drop everything in life except things that are an absolute must. Like, eating is optional and I only do it so I don't pass out.

Can't imagine losing a brother.

I would've never expected this to feel the way it feels. It's way worse than I thought it would be. Family is just something that's always there even if they aren't all that great and there's nothing you can do (within reason, I guess) that will drive them away for good, unlike friends or even SOs.

They are your rock even if they aren't really reliable. They are there, existing and loving you and then they are gone and you are a different person because of it. It feels like moving to a foreign country, kind of. Things are just weird and foreign.

And people don't really understand. And you feel very alone.

I'm sorry you are going through the breakup now but I just thought maybe you'd be interested in this point of view. I can't handle many simple things in life right now, maybe that's the case for your ex as well. Maybe noy. I wouldn't know. I hope you can live through this and feel better later.

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