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Attempting to start

I guess the best place to start is the begining, but which begining:

Most of my mental health issues began a few years after marring my husband. He is immature, self-centered, neglectfull and a chronic liar. I on the other hand am the exact opposite.  So much so that I often hold back my feelings  to spare him or others, I am way too tolerant of other people's shortcomings, and quick to put me behind everyone else. I also avoid confrontation at all possible costs.My husband used this to his advantage and I unfortunately let him for roughly 2 decades.

We were separated for several years. During that time my depression cleared and was eventually taken off meds.  Then we decided to give it another try. Within a few years I was depressed again and back on meds.  I blamed myself for the state of our marriage and believed that if the one person who claimed to love teated this way, why would anyone else want me. I tolerated a lot of stuff I shouldn't have because I didn't want to hurt his feelings. I also felt like divorce was admitting that I failed at my marriage.

If this wasn't enough to deal with I was also blessed with 2 boys, who were diagnosed with ADHD and the younger one with ODD. Eventualy hubby was diagnosed too.

I finally came to realize that I'm not going to get any better if I stay in this marriage. He is never going to be the person I thought I married, and he is the one that failed the marriage, not me.  Getting divorced is one of my goals, but first I need to find a job and get my own place to live.


Posted Sep 03 2009, 01:46 AM by Aiko  

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nessaangel wrote re: Attempting to start
on 09-05-2009 9:46 AM

I'll be praying for you.  I wish you all the best in the world.  Go & achieve those goals, you can do it.  Thanks for helping me realize that my divorce wasn't all my fault & that I did try my very best.  Just keep telling yourself why it's the right thing to do & you can do it.  Plus your health was better when you were separated before, so that tells you something right there.  Take Care & God Bless

Banany wrote re: Attempting to start
on 12-03-2009 3:26 AM

My husband is up to something like that too. Our child was sick and he told me to go ahead buy alcohol and drink some. Promised to take our child to the er. He when he realized the child needed to go to the er (it was a saturday night) went to bed for the first and last time in our marriage at 8 30 pm. I had just finished (luckily it was a half can ) a beer. Guess who took the child with double ear infections to the ER and got a bretholyser test to boot. No kidding hes mean.

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