What is wrong with my girlfriend? :/

[LonelyJedi]

A short introduction of us: we broke off in January of last year, been on/off with her and me. Then finally got back together in December of that year (2010). She was so happy in December, and then her period came in January. So the happiness slowly came to a halt. But then after, her moods began to get back in line. And now, she said she started to cut herself again because she's an emotional wreck. I asked her what was wrong, and she kept telling me she got randomly down. Her friends think she has depression, and I think she may have bi-polar disorder. (I haven't told her yet because I am unsure on how to bring it up).

 

She came over a couple days ago, and everything was good. We just chilled and acted like friends (I didn't want to start anything while she is in this... unstable emotional state). Yesterday we were talking, just fine. Then she just suddenly stopped responding to my texts. I didn't get a response until 11:00 at night. She told me her phone was off, because she just needed to "get away from everyone". She explained to me how her friends will always say something, or she will see something on FB that makes her jealous, and how she constantly criticizes herself about ppl who are "better than her".

 

I feel powerless at this point, I try to make her feel better with my kind words... but they don't seem to be working. Advice? ](*,)

 

Thanks!

[catfeeder]

You're positioning yourself as someone's therapist, and that's not helpful to her or you. You can't manipulate someone out of depression, and you can't force her to get help. You can, however, spare yourself an impossible and miserable situation by finding a GF who is relationship material. If you believe that this wouldn't be helpful to GF, question whether losing a BF who wouldn't put up with mistreatment could motivate her to seek the help she needs.

[Stay_home]

Personally, just me, I wouldn't date her.