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How to help her with insecurity?

so if you have read my other questions, its about the same girl. I am just doing everything I can to try and help without making decisions for her. What I feel is that she has some deep seeded insecurity, or that she might have a mild bi polar thing, or even some kind of mild BPD.

Symptoms:

-regularly irritable, honestly daily would be close to accurate

-extremely uncomfortable around other women if I am present, however if she were there alone with other women, no worries

-when she is dreaming or if I am waking her, she seems upset with me...both in her dreams and also in the morning prior to realizing she is awake

-she is not suicidal nor has ever acted out in those ways

-very addictive personality, smokes cigarettes, drinks regularly (although hardly abusively)

-has a tendency to bite off more than she can chew when it comes to work, events, planning for a wedding. I know that is normal, but what I mean to point out that she hardly finishes anything...starts strong and never makes it

-has a lot of negative self image issues (although she is gorgeous), and like the previous comment makes regular plans to "get fit" but hasn't stayed consistent in any regime more than a week

-gets violent when she is upset

-when any issue comes up that she is not comfortable with, she immediately says "stop", or goes to her room and tries to go to sleep.

-usually within a 24 period she will at some point get angry and then apologize

There are many more things i could describe. The thing is I want to help in anyway I can. She wasn't always this way, but going on 4 years now its been pretty consistent. She is open to talking with me, until the subject of her behavior comes up because she doesn't see the consistent cycle, she tends to give excuses.

Yes, im frustrated as anyone would be. Everytime she apologizes I always say "its all good, don't worry" because the happy moments are so few and far between that I want to enjoy them. That and if I ask her to stay engaged in convo about what she is feeling, I know the defensive thing is going to come around and she'll shut down again.

Help. We are in counseling now, but for couples. I would like to hear from guys dealing with similar women or even women who have felt the same way about themselves. Any behaviors or words I can use/practice to help her with this constant irritability/anger?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    From what you have written it sounds like you have taken every opportunity to try and sort out issues within your relationship. You seem very aware, especially with list of behaviours from your fiancee around certain situations.

    I just get a sense that she is very anxious and suffers from high anxiety trying to keep everything under control.

    You mention that there is a consistent cycle. Sorry, you haven't mentioned your ages, but have you noticed if its around her "time of the month?" (I haven't read your other questions, so just going on the info on this particular one)

    You are doing so many right things and especially with counselling for couples too.

    My personal experience when I have suffered from high anxiety, I used to "shutdown" and go to bed and not want to talk about things, so really it was a way of avoiding reality.

    You come across as a very caring responsible person, so don't neglect your own needs too within this relationship.

    You mention that you want to have help with any behaviors or words you can use/practice to help her with this constant irritability/anger!!!

    Don't try to tell her how to fix things, as a woman, generally we want to just be listened to and not told how to fix things. I am only generalizing by the way.

    Perhaps have some kind of contact with her when she is talking to you, like holding hands and eye contact. Sometimes repeating something you have heard back to her in a different way will tell her that you have understood what she is saying.

    Don't challenge her with her behavior at the moment as it may escalate her irritability or anger.

    I don't actually know your circumstances only from what you have written above, so these are only suggestions from my own point of view.

    Wishing you well in your future counselling.

  • 9 years ago

    wow your girl sounds like me and you can't fix what you don't know is broken. She knows whats wrong but it doesn't make sense when it comes out so she keeps it to her self. There can be so many things to blame usually from the past. Well i've learned through listening and teachings i can't redo the past so focus on me. Only i can make me happy. You can't fix her she has to began to see things differently i did. My insecurity came from my dad never coming back to being the butt of dark skinned jokes. You say she's pretty but does she know she is pretty i didn't until i was like 30 i'll be 31 in june. In much ridicule and let downs from people did this to me. Now at this point she has to learn to not let emotions rule her you might want to find a good teaching church and not a religous one. Something like joel olste

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