Girlfriend thinks I need counselling. Am I being manipulated?
Feb 17, 2023
I've been with my girlfriend for over a year now and for the most part has been smooth sailing. However we have had some issues lately.
A few nights ago she told me she wasn't sure she wanted to be with me. Now a little background on her, she has Bi-polar and a history of eating disorders.
The main issues have been that she feels I need therapy for a couple of things, she has threatened to leave me if I don’t.
The 3 main arguments are based around this. The first being, she thinks I need therapy for an eating disorder. I weigh and measure most my food out and track my macros I’d say 6/7 days week, I also work out 6 days week and this is religious for me to do so. She feels the “rigidity” of it is too much, it effects my ability to enjoy food and socialise and wants me to seek counselling for it. I eat out about twice a week, and usually with my friends or her, so I just don’t see her point of view.
The second being I told her to "Shut up" when I was drinking one night , I don’t remember doing it. I never yell at her, I've never raised my voice at her, I've never physically or emotionally hurt or threatened her. But she feels I need counselling to find where it comes from. I don't really see her point of view here either. no doubt I shouldn't of told her to shut up. But I feels it's an over reaction. When I do drink she wait until I'm drink and purposely goes digging into my emotion, asks me deep questions and sort of pry's information out of me that I wouldn't say when sober.
The third being, she feels I need counselling because she thinks I have a problem with alcohol. When I do drink, I like to have 6 plus drinks or no drinks at all. I don't drink through the week and drink about every second weekend. So again I don't really see her point of her.
This has all been one after the other in a space of a couple of weeks. She has threatened to leave if I don't get counseling and has now told me she isn't sure she wants to be with me.
I would like to get an outside opinion here? Am I being emotionally manipulated or bullied into doing this? Or is she right, do I need counselling and give her point of view more thought.
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