Monday, 07 November 2011

  • My Head Always Gets the Better of Me


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    Recently, my boyfriend and I haven't been having the best of times. It has just been a stressful couple of weeks which means we are both irritable at the moment. We have been fighting about everything, from the way someone says something, or to what someone says, and sometimes small things that shouldn't even matter. 

    I have really been getting upset because I'm scared that he is going to just get extremely fed up with the fact I am rather grumpy recently and just leave. I know it sounds stupid but I over analyze every little thing that happens. For example; if he hangs out with another girl, or another girl messages him, I think that he's interested in her. Yeah I have always had trust issues, but recently I have no idea why I have been so on the edge. 

    I know he loves me, and I know that I love him, and it's really starting to bother us both that I keep on over analyzing everything. 
       
    How do I stop this?

Comments (13)

  • parkakitty@xanga

    similar thing happened between me and my bf. We are now ex's. I think the only thing you can do is to practice swallowing what you were about to say. Just wait and don't over-react. I liked to write things down and then days later look at them again and realize how stupid it all was and how glad I was that I didn't say anything.

    Maybe the more horror stories you read where this happened, and it ended up driving the guy further away and giving up on the relationship, the more it will seem real to you. If your boyfriend has never cheated on you before, just drop it! You're making what should be a place of comfort a place of constant agony for him. Yes, eventually he will stop trying to make you believe him because he knows his efforts do no good.

    I'd say, instead of telling your boyfriend about your worries, find an objective person (I went to a counselor at student health) who you can vent to for a while. That person will likely be able to give you more personal advice and tell you that if you find more things in your life that interest/inspire you, and more activities to occupy your time, you will be less paranoid about keeping your boyfriend in line all the time.
  • xjadersx@xanga

    Haha my boyfriend thinks the same when guys message me. He's lucky you even let him hang out with girls alone. 

  • laytexduckie@xanga

    Pretty much what that picture says. You need to trust. How do you trust? You communicate. 

  • bmillerssailor@xanga

    When I know that I've been in a bad mood recently and that I'm unnecessarily taking it out on my husband, I will flat out suck up my pride and tell him "Hey, I know I've been kind of a bitch recently and I'm sorry. I'm just stressed out and you don't deserve to take the brunt on if." In order for me to fix my behavior, I TRIPLE think about things before I say them. I question my emotion before reacting.

    You'd be surprised how far an apology and simply owning up to your actions will get you.

  • eatdrinkandbemaryy@xanga

    oh my god i have the same exact problems, and my thoughts about it are exactly the same too.  

  • superGchik@xanga

    i don't think it's just you who should address the problem but both of you need to sit down and talk about what's going on in your relationship.  obviously somethings going on and it needs to be addressed.  it's definitely hard to trust someone but sometimes you have to just go with it and just do it and see where it takes you.

  • jeshieee@xanga

    What do you do?

    You gotta realize that this is your problem. It's not just trust, but it's your own insecurity that's making you not trust him. Has he done things to give you reason not to trust him? If so, you shouldn't be with him cause you'll never be satisfied with anything he tells you. You're over analyzing things because you WANT to find something about him to spare your feelings if anything does happen.. and that needs to stop if you really really want to be with him. You're turning a good guy into a bad guy by not trusting someone you should trust more than anyone else in the world aside from your family.. If you love him, you have to accept him for who he is and what he does. If you're not okay with it, you shouldn't be with him. Whether he talks to girls or not, he's with you. If he cheats on you, he cheats on you and that sucks. but you have to remember that still.. not all guys are the same. About the being angry part, I don't knwo about you, but me and my boyfriend's fights got really bad because we always expected the worst out of each other every time we fought.. stop expecting things. Don't let your pride get in the way.. again, it shows that you're too insecure and have too much to lose to let your pride down for the one you love. You'd be surprised how far a little apology can go with guys. Us girls are like, "well, he didn't sound like he meant it." yadda yadda yadda, but girls and guys are different.. and I think people forget that a lot and expect each other to feel the exact same way the other person feels. Understand that he is a guy and he does have a completely different way of processing thoughts and feelings. he can't help it.. just like how us women can't help being bitches sometimes.

    Find things that make you feel confident.. Make guy friends yourself!! Be your own person to the point where, if you and your boyfriend broke up, you'd have nothing to lose.. you'll still have your awesome ass life. I feel that most success in relationships come from both people having their own individual lives as well as a life together. Instead of you constantly be being of afraid to lose him, do things that make him afraid to lose you! Like, dress nicely and turn heads or cook for him more often or treat his parents well or.. yunno. Don't flirt with guys to make him jealous, but look DAMN good that he gets a little jealous.. ya know? You gotta keep trying for him. Be so confident that other bitches can't stand a chance with you :)

  • Guteman91

    @bmillerssailor@xanga - I agree with that 100%. I cannot express easily and quickly something as simple as owning up to one's behavior and genuinely apologizing for it will resolve everything. Speaking to you though for a moment, I think your husband is going to give you a bit of slack regardless, you are pregnant after all. And if my opinion matters at all, he's lucky to have you for a wife. Seriously, if you have any cute sisters let me know :P.

  • bmillerssailor@xanga

    @Guteman91 - Haha well thank you!! I've actually been a very happy, calm pregnant woman (most days, anyway). The hell will probably come in 2 weeks when I realize I have a newborn to take care of and have NO idea what I'm doing!

    And no, no sisters. :( Just me! But I'm flattered. I tend to agree with most of your comments, too. If you hadn't noticed, I've rec'd a couple of them in the past.

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  • kor_girl@xanga

    what has happened to make you feel insecure of him leaving you, just because you've been grumpy lately? is this a chronic thing that happens when you get upset and lash out at him, so instead of talking it through in details, one of you up and leaves the situation?


    if that's the case, whether it's YOU or HIM that tends to remove yourselves from the situation at hand, both of you need to adjust and resolve whatever issues you have at hand TOGETHER.


    When I KNOW the deep root of my issue has NOTHING to do with my fiance, I take a minute to stop being so grumpy, bitchy, overanalysing-thinking-crazy, and tell him that I'm sorry. I'm not saying I'm sorry to avoid discussion but to acknowledge that I've been unfair for him to deal with and I'm thankful that he has gave me some flex room without flying off the handle at ME. You guys need to TALK more.

  • lil_KyungMin@xanga

    I read someone post about getting over jealousy as you have on datingish. She said something like "If he's going to cheat he's going to cheat, if he chooses not to cheat he won't. There is nothing you can do to change that so you shoudln't feel jealous because he makes his own choices. His choices is something you have no control over." That applies here well. JUST STOP with the distrust. He is his own person and he chooses whatever the hell he wants. YOU have no control over that. so just accept him and try working on appreciating what you have instead of what might happen. 

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