My relationship stresses me out. We've been together for nearly two years, long-distance for close to half that time. She's always upset with or critiquing me and overall it's sent my anxiety sky high in recent months. I genuinely feel like I'm never enough, or even that she barely has an interest in what I'm doing. Damn near every night she says something that makes me feel like shit.
There are some nights where it feels like she's 100% right and I need to fix myself and others where I doubt whether or not I'm as bad as she seems to think I am. My self-esteem is at an all-time low but there's a part of me clinging onto the idea that I deserve this and shouldn't be ignoring critique just because it upsets me.
I'm afraid to break it off because she's my best friend and the idea of never talking to her again scares me.
How do I know when it's time to break up?
