My boyfriend wants a 'domestic disipline' relationship.

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OK - the planet has more to go on - Sufi is steering in a new direction.

Nobody can fix you - you must want to do that your self.
Life is not a fairy tale where someone comes in to rescue you.
The harmful things you do are methods of trying to give yourself the illusion of control yourself, but you put yourself in danger instead.

Find yourself first and why you do these things. I am impressed you showed the responses to your BF. This indicates you trust him and there is more of the possibility that he is worried. BUT -- it is not for him to fix this, the responsibility is yours.

If you are not in counseling, then go.
You may also want to consider couples counseling so he may participate in your growth and help you by supporting you and not by being a white knight.
(I offer this on the basis of been there, done that)

Sometimes I feel redundant and silly to point out that you are only 20. From what I have seen a lot of big changes can happen between 20 and 25, if you want to get on with an adult life. I think this is why a lot of marriages fail, because of growth or stagnation in this age range. Now is the time to act and the fact that your BF is willing to support you is even better.

Well I guess if I were to do the arm chair psychology thing one could interpret that behaviour as pushing people away through a fear off being hurt from such close emotional attachment (again?)

So you may want to look more internally at your own sense of self and esteem issues you may have. Your other half may have good intentions but he will only make you become more stubborn and resistant if he imposes change upon you. In such situations a person needs to be built up to have a healthy and stable sense of self. If you don't have that then you will either submit and be in a more vulnerable state or resist and eventually he will loose patience with the situation and move on.

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I don't see how this could possibly end well.

Even if he has good intentions(which I doubt very seriously but I'll throw you a bone) it's just not going to end well. You are probably going to still keep making *mistakes* in his eyes and he can use that as an excuse to become increasingly critical of you. Why should a person with AS be in a relationship like this? You need someone who understands that you don't do these things on purpose. I don't even understand why you think it's OK for your boyfriend to WANT to discipline you. What does he get out of that? How can he possibly think you're sexy if he's treating you like his daughter? Is he older than you? I see nothing wrong with age gaps but this sounds sooooo weird.

I've had HINTS of this kind of behavior with two boyfriends in the past and i just distanced myself from them until the relationship ended. One broke up with me, I broke up with the other. one actually said, "you need to listen to me" about something, which is true and I do need to be attentive but it was about something trivial and he got bent out of shape about *weird* things. When someone talks to me that way I pretty much know that there isn't any hope because they don't see ME.

TBH I don't even know how you could really consider being with someone who used that term, though. He told you he wants to discipline you and hes OK with it. Where the hell is he coming from? That is not sexy lol. You should be having a GOOD TIME. There are problems to work on in relationships as well but the idea of him being your disciplinarian shouldn't be what the relationship is based on.

emlion, if you know these things are dangerous, you should punish yourself.