Hi there

Hi there,

I’m new here. I’ve come across this forum and hoping I can chat to people who are going through similar experiences. I’ve been supporting my husband through a number of mental health and physical health issues for a number of years. It would take me a long time to explain everything but as a top line summary he has severe depression, BPD, has had ketamine infusions (and he feels he gets a lot out of these but there’s some pretty confronting side effects for his family when he’s on it), fibromyalgia, PTSD. He also has a lot of childhood trauma from a narcissistic mother.

Sometimes it just feels like a very lonely place…it feels like the rest of the world has a partner who is well and can get up in the morning and work and do all the ‘normal’ things. Whereas I am juggling so many balls in the air…getting our young daughter ready for school, managing all of the household chores, managing my own job, my own elderly mother who is on her own and her significant health issues. It just feels so lonely at times…and sometimes I feel like I’m the silent victim in this space. It also affects my wellbeing but I just have to keep going to keep my family afloat.

I’m not here to feel like it’s a ‘pity party’ story. Sometimes it would just be nice to know that I’m not the only one going through this kind of stuff. And have a friendly person to share similar experiences with. Thanks for listening 😊