I started playing this from scratch again today. The last time I played it from the start was I think November, last year and I remember saying "Yes" to every sexual encounter in the game and never feeling bad about Jamie. I mean, I've never really cared about the starter girlfriend, in most stories like this, since I don't know much about them and I had fun with that playthrough. I, then, kept playing the updates as they came along.
Kinda bored and waiting for some VNs to get updates (waiting for this one as well) so I went ahead and started this again and decided to go the same route and follow the walkthrough linked in the OP with the "Yes" path and holy shit I feel really bad about saying yes to Shauna, Rachel, Rachel's deal and Alexis so far (just on the second day, right now). Now why in the name of God am I bringing this up? Simply that over the period of 9 months when the game was ongoing, BD managed to make me care enough about the characters in this game that I actually feel bad for cheating on the "default" girlfriend, even though I know about her revelation for the need to share the MC's "Healing Schlong of Love". I get the feeling (also after re-reading my review) that in that on-going playthrough I'd payed too much attention to the amount of content in here (which is still damn staggering, honestly) but I'd forgotten, how fun and likeable the characters are.
I realize now, I don't like Rachel too much at the start but I remember from my last playthrough, that I did actually like her a fair bit. Which basically means, BD managed to "grow" the characters enough in a span of 7 in-game days, to change my perception of them (Damian is another example, but this pointless post is already too long).
Now, I have absolutely no fucking idea, why I decided to write this pointless wall of text, but I just want to say - Really well done with this story BD and I can't wait to see more. At the same time, I hope you're better and are taking the time you need to heal, updates be damned. All the best for the future, man and take care.