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She even says that she knows she talks too much, and that people take the mick out of her for it. I don't understand why she doesn't just shut her mouth for 5 minutes?
How do I combat this? It's genuinely a serious question and I'm considering breaking up with her because of it.
There could be any one of a number of underlying causes, but it's impossible to know without a lot more to work with.
The fact that she seems to have some self-awareness on the issue suggests some kind of personality disorder, but that's just where a competent therapist would attempt an intervention--after ruling out a neuro-chemical imbalance.
Anyway, if you care enough about her or being with her to do an intervention, then do something like this:
"Look, name-of-girl, you talk way too much and I've brought this up on a number of occasions. You say you know it, but you are not making any efforts to change it. This is a problem for me. I feel I hardly ever get a chance to talk and when I do, you barely listen. And it's not just me, you treat everyone like this. You need help and I expect you to come up with a plan to make this better."
Note there is no "or else" statement here. It's (1) You are doing X, (2) I have a problem with this, (3) I expect you to work on changing it.
For me a girl (or anyone I have to spend much time with who isn't paying me a fuck-ton of money) who won't work on self-improvement in a area that dramatically lowers my quality of life is a deal-break, so if she says "no way," I would start withdrawing, give her less and less of your attention until she makes some positive change.
Note, this is how you deal with anyone who has a problem you care about, whether is drugs, or narcissism, or constant flaking--tell them what they do, tell them you are not okay with it, tell them to get help to change it.
What are some examples of things she could do:
1) read up on the topic, start on the internet, get a book or two, do some exercises,
2) see a psychologist or therapist,
3) see a psychiatrist (hey, some anti-ADD drugs might fix this)
Most of all, once you've done this, it's on her--there is literally nothing else you can do that won't just make you miserable.