DEAR DEIDRE: I AM so worried about my son since he split up with his partner after eight years.
Although he knows there is no going back to her, he just can’t accept that she has got someone else and is moving on.
My son is an extremely emotional man who wears his heart on his sleeve, whereas his ex-girlfriend is very cold.
Her attitude is dismissive, just telling him it is over and to get on with it.
He is so eaten up by the fact that this new man spends time with his children that he’s had a restraining order put on him.
He was never violent or charged with assault, but his behaviour became very obsessive.
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I am his 62-year-old dad. My son is 36 and was with his ex for eight years.
They have two daughters, aged five and three.
Their relationship was very up and down and everyone could see it wasn’t going to last.
My son’s mental state is worrying me.
As a family we have supported him, but I am at my wits’ end.
He is miserable and low. Even his closest friends are tired of him now.
I just don’t know what else to say or do.
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DEIDRE SAYS: Seeing your child in pain is distressing. But if his partner no longer wants to be with him, there’s nothing you can do to change that.
Whatever your son did to result in the restraining order probably made his ex feel justified in avoiding contact.
You need to take care of yourself. Don’t give up on him but insist he sees his doctor.
Tell him you love him, but that he needs professional help.
Give him my support pack Mending A Broken Heart, and reassure him that this pain won’t last for ever and he can get his life back on track.
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