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Asked 9/30/2009

Can I sue someone who promised to marry me and broke it off causing deep depression and anxiety

I had been with someone for four years and he finally proposed marriage and called it off six months later causing me to go into a deep state of depression and anxiety which has been proven by a psychologist. Can I sue him for the pain and psychological damages he has caused towards me?

 
 
 
 
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Answer 1/10 - Submitted 9/30/2009

There have been a few jilted women who have sued and won but not for the reasons you list. I realize you're all broken up but let's face it, if you can't roll with a punch now, how are you going to handle an even more traumatic stituation later on. Grow up and get a hold of yourself. Super glue his butt together, call him at work and tell him your pregnant, get him a blind date with a transsexual but stay out of court because his lawyer will make you more depressed than you are. There are more men and you'll meet someone who really trips your trigger faster than anyone you've ever known.

 
 

Answer 2/10 - Submitted 10/2/2009

Unfortunately, No. See the problem is this...

You may be depressed and have anxiety over him leaving you...however, you can not prove that is what caused your depression or anxiety. There are no doctors or psychiatrists in the world that can look in your brain and see what caused your symptoms...

Depression and Anxiety come from YOUR perception of things. Thus, technically, you caused it.

It is a deep sense of loss and fear because you are cut off from someone that you love so much and thought you were going to spend your life with... so your perception is that the world is ending, thus you feel intense depression and anxiety from fear.

TRUST ME... one day, you will see that this is not real. If FEELS very real, and the loss is real... but it is NOT over...you will grow, adapt and overcome... you must fill your head with positive things even though you feel like it doesnt matter.

In the end, the legal system will apologize for your loss but you have no legal recourse since technically he didnt cause your depression or anxiety and even if you think he did, there is NO way to prove it...and EVEN if you could prove it, the legal system does not sort out emotional/relationship issues.

Hang in there, I promise you will be ok one day.

 
 

Answer 3/10 - Submitted 6/21/2010

No you can not. The best thing you can do is to take a deep breath accept what happened and let it go and move on. Accepting it can be the hardest part but you can do it. You could try meditation or more importantly kriya yoga or some other form of yoga to help with your depression and anxiety. Yoga will take away the sadness and make you truely happy and you will be rewarded with many other benfits also.

 
 

Answer 4/10 - Submitted 6/21/2010

You can't hold someone fiscally responsible for your emotional reaction to their rejection. The man didn't lock you in a basement and torture you, meaning to causing you direct injury he simply didn't want to marry you. That is not something you can expect compensation for.

 
 

Answer 5/10 - Submitted 7/30/2010

Well I can kind of see why they may have broke it off. What kind of reaction will you have to leaving up the toilet seat or maybe not rinsing off your plate. Maybe they could see how this was going to be 10 or 20 years down the road.

 
 

Answer 6/10 - Submitted 7/30/2010

It might have caused more pain for you to be married to a person who goes back on his word. Suing him would not remedy your depression and it certainly would not change his mind about his decision to exit the relationship. Broken hearts can heal and I think time, more than lawyers, may help you know that being with someone who doesn't want to be with you would have been far worse than the possibilities of a more equal love in your future.

 
 

Answer 7/10 - Submitted 8/3/2010

If you can prove that this man hurt you financially, and sued him from being in a relationship that then caused you financial distress you could go after him. But you may not be in this situation. You need to get over the emotional distress, and with time you will. You may be able to get the help of courts if you were living as man and wife and contributed to the relationship and the forwarding of his career.

 
 

Answer 8/10 - Submitted 9/8/2010

You CAN sue anyone. Should you. No. There are many disappointments in life and a failed relationship is one of them. If you have already spent a large sum of money for the wedding you could sue to recover those funds from the boyfriend, but for depression, no.
Hope things work out for you.

 
 

Answer 9/10 - Submitted 9/8/2010

"Alienation of affections" as the Victorians used to call it

It used to be a big deal, back when marriage was a big deal, but has now pretty much gone by the wayside. Only a handful of states still allow such suits (assuming you live in the U.S.) and even then you might be laughed at rather than sympathized with.

 
 

Answer 10/10 - Submitted 9/8/2010

You can sue anyone for anything, but your case will probably be thrown out of court. Most judges will reason that it's better your fiance was honest with you and called off the engagement rather than marrying you when he didn't love you and making you miserable.

I know his loss is a bitter pill to swallow, but I think it's better to work that out privately with a therapist rather than publicly through the courts.

 
 
 
 
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