Anita,

I appreciate your advice and when I was reading your reply, I was holding back tears because it will be so hard for me. Today is definitely a day where I am more depressed than hopeful.

I know you don’t know me and there is more to my story. But you are right that I need to remove all triggers that cause my depression.

My issue now is how to stop contact in the most respectful way. I do not want to ghost. I was thinking perhaps I should meet with her but I will almost certainly struggle with my words. So I was thinking I should write a letter, hand it to her to read then have her hand it back to me so I can shred it. Do you think this would be a good way to do it?