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Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and insight… and most especially, your concern for my own well-being. I recognize that this is not exactly a normal situation, if it were I wouldn't have mentioned the unique characteristics of this relationship/friendship/what-have-you. But I felt it was...

@Justmehere: I know that I am not being "catfished." And certain family members are aware of my existence and my relationship with him. I actually reached out to his closest family member once before when I felt I had little choice, but that backfired a little because those relationships are...

Thank you, @franciemarnie! I do have reasons. And it has little to do with co-dependency issues. Our friendship actually began before his PTSD diagnosis. That emerged later when he accepted that he was in an abusive relationship and got out. Things have unfolded from there. Letting go is...

I hear you on the red flags, @Snowwhite , so no offense is taken. And it should be noted that I am very mindful of that. I should add that I didn't mean to suggest that he only dumps his problems on me, I just shared that as context to explain that what he tells me is often something only...

I've never met my Sufferer. He is the victim of childhood sexual and physical abuse (by multiple people) that eventually led to initiating an official relationship with one of his abusers (probably as a way of validating what he felt was wrong). He is currently seeing a professional. As I...