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This is my first post but I felt compelled to comment on this.
I was in a relationship for a year with a man I [thought I] loved deeply. As it turns out I also had some issues in my past that I had not dealt with and as your girlfriend seems to be, I was not in love with him but dependent on him to "supply" me with all the positive things that I should have been deriving from myself and from my own life, but wasn't. It was not a healthy relationship on either side (he was extremely dishonest and narcissistic, not to mention emotionally abusive/manipulative). Not saying you are those things, just saying I see some similarities between your GF's situation and my past relationship.
Anyway, he wasted a year of my life for a relationship he never wanted to be in. Not from Day One. His excuse was that he could tell how much I liked him and he just didn't want to hurt me. WHAT?!?! So leading me to believe that we were in a relationship where the feelings were mutual and we were partners for an entire year was a good decision instead? He also pulled the "but we can be friends, call me sometime!" thing too. And whenever I called, he always had some excuse. What ended up happening (and this was largely MY FAULT, I realize that) I ended up looking like a psycho with no self esteem because I took him at his word.
Do her a favor and end it with her. You deserve someone with the skills to be what you need, and she deserves someone who truly wants their relationship with her to progress. I'm sure you've both learned a lot from this relationship, both positive and negative, and you can take that experience with you to your next relationships but this one will not work out. Set you and her free and close the door. Completely. Break contact with her. It will be hard on you both but it's the best in the end, or she will continue clinging to you and will never grow.
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