I have for a while suspected that my partner has some form of mental illness. The simpliest way to explain, her emotions control who she is and everything she does. She has openly admitted to me that she relies on me and that without me she couldnt cope. I suppose we are the complete opposites, I base my decisions and opinions on the facts etc she bases hers on how she feels at the time. She is extremely insecure, afraid shes not good enough for me, afraid that im going to leave regardless of how much I express the way i feel about her. Occassionally I admit i do lose my patience with her and the situation
Things are that bad that my friends and family won't have anything to do with me while i'm with her, eg if i want to catch up with friends and family i have to do it myself. The tipping point for me is that we are expecting our first child and as someone who grew up in an abusive home i wish to give my kid the life i never had. The way things are currently i don't see that happening. I have attempted to talk about this with her however i have had little success. I can handle her and how she is, i believe if you truly love someone you take the bad with the good but i really dont want our child to have to.
She is miserable 90% of the time and it breaks my heart. All i want is for her to be happy but i have no idea how or what to do, I know that there isn't a quick fix, however I would appreciate some advice from people who have been in similar situations and have got through it.
