Ups and Downs of Husband`s Mental Illness

thinking of @Shaz51.......your hubby is like mine. I ran to clean someone's house and got back and he has been cleaning here !!

Hello @Faith-and-Hope

What a lovely message

That message for @Shaz51 feels like it comes from a deep place from you.

Hi @Determined @Decadian @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51

Hello @Former-Member, @PeppiPatty, @Faith-and-Hope, @Decadian, @Determined

thank you @Former-Member xx mum is now slowly getting better , she had a setback -- she had sleepy bowel which you can get after surgery

Hey @Former-Member, @PeppiPatty and I will come and clean your house , I do cleaning up here too

Hi @Former-Member

Feeling a little sleep deprived at the moment. Lots of driving to vist my darling with bub.

Darling thinks she is on track to come home next Tuesday, pdoc has to sign off on that one yet and I am not sure how it will go as she has been down the last couple of days. Mostly homesick though. Another day out as a family tomorrow, looking forward to that.

Thank you for your thoughts:-)

Trust things are looking up for you and Mr Darcy

😊....... ✅

Hi @Former-Member ..... 😊

Thanks for asking. I have a grab-bag of different things I do for R&R .... have had very full-on commitments for a very long time, so one way of managing potential burn-out, a necessary way, is to self-nurture through developing your own interests and "me-time" beyond your commitments as a carer (have a disabled adult daughter as well as what is going on with hubby).

I am arty / crafty, s there is generally something on the go, including creative cooking. I am an avid reader. Walking is high in my daily agenda, but dependent on having someone at home to stay with my D2, because I need time-out from caring for her as well.

Significant other is on the same page .... this e.d. is a long-term struggle, although I believe I am seeing the indicators that he is starting to tip over into the second stage of what are referred to as Stages of Change.

It's a delicate balance .... my "baby dragons" .... seven teens and 20-somethings including DIL and SIL are becoming restless and challenging whether my perspective is correct, without having referred to e.d. support people as I have. They want to believe that my perspective is incorrect. That's my latest issue .....

How are you going ?