New... Need Help With the Wife. Posted: 02-21-07 22:50pm
Hey i don't really know where to start
here but ill give it my best shot so here
it goes... I met my wife about 3 years ago
in a military tech school our relationship
developed due to the fact that nether one
of us really had anyone there other than
each other. We enjoyed each others company
and really liked each other once our
school was done we arranged it so we would
be based at the same location so we could
continue our relationship.
When i first met her i sorta noticed
that she had depression problems and she
told me how she was on antidepressants
before she joined in but was not on them
anymore; the high school kid in me told me
to get away but i had feelings for her and
i could tell she felt the same, so i
stayed in the relationship.
About a year and a half later she got
pregnant, but before this she would have
huge mood swings... around that time she
told me that she was bipolar before she
joined the military, i had no clue what
that meant but i was finding out the hard
way.
I had a hard time really being there for
her due to the fact that the way i was
raised through my childhood was in a way
where i wasn't use to having people be
there for me so i didn't know how to be
there for her. This didn't help much while
she was pregnant because almost 2 years
later she still tells me how i was never
there for her... i have told her how its
hard for me, and when i do try to be there
for her i get pushed away or put down. A
quick example was for X-mas i went to the
mall with money that i had made over some
Internet transactions that she didn't know
about, i put a lot of thought and time in
picking out the gift that i got her
(neckless and ring). We were at her
family's house and i wanted to give it to
her with out all them around, when i gave
it to her she looked at it closed the box
and said "I don't like it" and put it back
in the bag, and i felt like caca. I was
going to take it back but i guess she
started liking and and started to wear it
while we were still there... i had a hard
time seeing her wear it because of her
reaction and i have pretty much promised
my self to never get my hopes up when
getting her anything.
We will have a good week followed by a
rough hour and she will start to pull the
divorce card, i know she does it because
she knows it gets to me but i don't this
she will, she has been saying this for the
past year. Now she is pregnant again with
our 2nd and I'm doing my best to be there
and things will go well then she will snap
and all hell breaks loose. She will
verbally attack me and i will do the same
to her to defend my self the the divorce
card comes out...
We tried to get help from a counselor,
the counselor asked her is she wanted to
stay with me and she said no and the
counselor said well i can't help yall, and
here i am 2 years later still with her. I
try to talk to her about this and she just
gets angry and says its my fault and she
only blames her self for marring me.
I have told her that she needs to go to
the doctor about her mood swings but she
blames me. Her family has a history of
depression all down her mothers side...
her sister is a wreak and has been in and
out off hospitals due to suicide attempts
(for attention).
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matt182
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Feb 2007 Posts: 93 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-22-07 05:21am
Hey man long respsone sounds quite
serious, i can really provide much input
but looks as if you, both of you, need to
see a specific professional psychologist
of some sort.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 02-22-07 11:17am
She really needs to get back on meds and
see a therapist. I wouldn't want her
moods to affect the kid either. You need
to be supprtive but not too smothering
either.
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vassiliki
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 14
Posted: 02-23-07 11:56am
you have to be strong enough to make her
feel better and convince her see a
therapist. maybe you should go too, so
that he/she will help you cope with all
these. perhaps she should go back in
medication if she experiences severe mood
swings. i dont think she wants a divorce.
i think she deeply loves you, but as it
always happen with depressed ppl, she
cannot express it the right way. she
doesnt want to seem vulenarable and weak
and she is pushing you away and after that
she blames you for not being there for
her. together you can find a solution. if
not for you, at keast for your babies.