[Grammar] About Past Perfect Tense

[corta]

I never planned on telling my boss about my struggles with mental illness, mostly because I was afraid of losing my job. But things had gotten to the point where I couldn’t hide it anymore.

The reason why(that?) "had gotten" is in the past perfect is the story is in the past and still relevant. Is that correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

You have posted a number of questions about the past perfect here, corta. - including this one.

Now that our members know this, they can decide for themselves whether or not they want to answer it.

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[Tdol]

The point in the past which this story pivots on is the moment when the person could no longer keep things quiet. That is the past equivalent of now. The issues leading up to this confession had built up before this moment until they could no longer be ignored. They were relevant to that moment in time.