So me and my girlfriend have been together for 1.5 years. She suffers with moderate dissociation and childhood trauma. I'm always supportive of her and try to be patient but recently I have not been able to and it's causing me to react negatively. I am feeling anxious and finding her presence draining. Yesterday she had work to do and I decided I will cook the meals throughout the day to give her time to finish her work. She found problems with everything I made. Either too much ingredients, I didn't place things in the right place, I tightened lids too tight and this really made me feel unappreciated. The final straw was when she complained that I put something in the wrong jar and I had to get up and leave to have some space. She's always complaining about her family, friends, work, life. I always try to help her and guide her and give her a positive outlook but then I get shut down for it because she just wants to vent and not looking for someone to tell her what to do. I just can't win. We are planning to move in together eventually but this build up of issues is really making me doubt my ability to be able to live with her…
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