A couple months ago, I met an online friend. We've hit off, and grew close rather quickly. The more we talked, the more we found out about the many, many things we have in common; music, art, photography...etc. We even told each other our childhood life, about our lowest and darkest times and how we became who we are today. To be honest, I'm still highly mentally unstable, (although I'm not going to get into the whole reason why.), And I tend to fall into these 'mental slumps' as people call it. When I'm into this 'mental slump' I often avoid talking to people, mainly on the Internet because I don't have the energy nor the motivation to type away. Especially if the conversation is going on for a long time. So, as you probably guessed it, I've been avoiding my internet friend for awhile now. A few weeks, if I'm being honest. I have previously told him that I haven't been feeling my best and that I needed a break from everything..to have time to myself. Of course, he understood. Despite his understanding, I feel like a terrible person when another day has passed and I haven't send him a single text back (he's been sending me some texts saying he misses me and whatnot). I never had intentions to ghost him like this, and I really do want to talk to him again. I even told myself once I woke up, "Today will be the day I text him again !" Nope. After school, I felt completely emotionally and spiritually drained once again, so I didn't feel up to chatting as the end result. I don't even know how much more longer I'll be in this dark hole again, as these 'slumps' usually last up to a couple months at most which means I possibly might not text him until then. But should I even text him? I would hate to start talking to him again then find out I still need time, then randomly ghost him again. I don't know what to do. I'm stuck. I hate this.