Disclaimer: I’m not sure if I have BPD, but my emotions are intense all the time so I probably do (or something similar). 

So here’s the situation: I’m feeling really overwhelmed and negative right now. Like the kind of dark place where I just sit in the dark and cry for days while my mind chases itself in circles. I feel like this is a destructive headspace and I don’t want my roommate (who’s a lovely friend) to be around me right now. 

How do I communicate that I’m going to be fine, but I don’t want him around me because I don’t want to drag him into this? I feel like all I’m accomplishing right now is making him feel worried or like I don’t trust him with my struggles. How do I explain that it’s the other way around and I don’t trust my struggles with him?