Teen Mom's Amber Portwood and Gary Wayt Were Already Struggling Before They Ended Their Engagement

MTV star Amber Portwood and her former fiancé Gary Wayt found themselves in couples therapy before they even planned to become husband and wife.

Their relationship problems preceded the disappearance of Gary, 39, earlier this month – he was found shortly after Amber, 34, reported him missing. In a new episode of Teen Mom: Next Chapter airing Thursday, the reality TV personality opened up about the issues the two were having as they built their relationship.

One of the challenges that presented itself in their “good” relationship was Amber's long battle with mental illness – she was diagnosed with bipolar and borderline personality disorder in 2011.

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Amber's mental illness “may make her unable to remember certain situations, conversations or events,” according to TooFab. The former 16 & Pregnant student and Gary's relationship reached a turning point when he witnessed Amber experience a manic episode for the very first time.

“The other day he experienced my first manic episode, almost blacking out. So, we started going to couples therapy. We've been there twice now,” she shared, before allowing viewers to later view one of their couples therapy sessions. in the episode.

Gary explained to the psychiatrist how he helped Amber through her manic episodes. He told the expert he was aware of the signs to look out for when she was going through a manic episode, mentioning that he helped calm Amber during a manic episode by putting his hand on her face or playing music .

“I think I go into protective mode,” Gary said of his support. “It's something she's used to handling on her own, and I can't imagine handling something like this on her own.”

Amber called it her “anchoring force.” Although she appreciated his support, she feared she would end up burdening her then-boyfriend. However, the doctor made it clear that if they took care of themselves as individuals, then they could become better partners for each other.

Ultimately, all Gary wanted was to find his one true love, who he believed was Amber at the time.

“Finding someone that I really love, that's what I wanted and we're both really into that idea,” Gary told the doctor before the couple kissed and then declared theirs. love.

They've definitely changed their minds about each other as on Tuesday it was reported that Amber called off their engagement after just a few weeks.

“They have decided that it's over between them and their engagement is off,” a source told Us Weekly on Tuesday. “They have too much to overcome to move forward together.”