Hi , I am 52, female living with my fairly new boyfriend who is 57. I moved in with him in Sept and things have changed.
He is angry, gruff..if I ask him a question, just any question, he gets short and very dramatic..He gets angry and screams at me for no real reason. I have asked what is wrong and he said there is nothing wrong..
When I speak, he will interrupt me and answer before I can get the question out of my mouth,,, I have tried to talk to him about having patience and let me finish what i want to say.. he also changes the subject with no notice..I am sometimes confused about what we are talking about at the time, it is that fast...
I have said to him that he seems kind of mean, he said he is like that because people give him respect!!! I have to say, I don't respect that at all.....maybe I am wrong... He said he does not need respect, I said that I do.. He also doesn't think that he should have to knock on a closed door before entering... I tried to explain to him about the privacy thing, he doesn't care..
I am not sure whether to stay with him or not....this is starting to affect me, I am isolating myself now, I come home and go to the bedroom and stay until the morning t go to work,,,
Is there a name for what he has????? He has also been Iraq with the guard years ago... could this be the problem??

Thank you in advance for any help on which direction I should go in as far as obtaining tools to deal with this or if I should just move out..
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