Dearest @Faith-and-Hope........
I feel teary when I read your message, there is a complete fondness for you inside me. I feel teary when I see your beautiful flower ...a lotus as your profile. I feel teary when I see your message. I need to re read and re read.
I am so so sorry.........At least husband is diagnosed. How long have you waited for this to happen?
At last, after many years, my husband is vocally stating that he has Paranoid Schizphrenia. He might have done it before but he had people around him that did not support him and gave him a LOT of self medication stuff. We went to his treating hospital a month ago and I'm. saying .."I need more support. I need more support ," so we decided to go to couple's councelling at Relationship Australia. It's brilliant.It's certainly something that I need. It makes me feel stronger. We are looking at this paper by someone called David Schnarch.......we burst out laughing when the councillor brought it to our second session but it's very fun to read. It's about how to take care of yourself without needing others around you so you feel better about yourself.
AFter we left our second session, actually, when we were in there,I realised that I asked for more support after my family had just been over for my Mum's 75th Birthday. EVeryone turned up, my three brothers, children and even my oldest son! He is WONDERFUL. He is on medication and quit drugs, smoking and drinking. He is 26 years old. He works out every day.
He is VERY autonomous.
Anne x
, oh wow , I have missed you 
