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To give the short version of the story, I've known a girl for almost 6 years. I've been one of her best friends for the entirety of this time. She had/ and has trust enough in me to tell me anything she is feeling, or is worried about and ask for my opinion. One day, she told me she loved me (a common thing for her meaning she cares about me) but this time she told me she was IN love with me as well. We started dating and about 3 months in she had a breakdown and told me that she knew her parents wouldn't approve of me because I'm from a different town, and they didn't know me at all. She said she wanted to stay with me (and hide me from her parents) but she also felt like hiding me was like lying to them (which I can see) and she desperately craves her parents approval. So... as the title suggests, I got dumped. I'd loved her deeply. It's been a month since she dumped me and I still hurt badly. I'm able to get up and "appear" normal but daily living right now is more of a chore than it should be for me. My mind is always muddled still, my body still feels heavy, and it seems that everything I look at is bathed in the grayish light that you see on overcast rainy days. I recognize that I'm depressed. Does anyone have some words of encouragement? I'm in new town and haven't found a church I like yet, plus my only transportation is a bicycle.