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Caring for a wife with Borderline Personality Disorder- Sequel to Diary of wife’s hospital stay - holding it together for our family.

Caring for a wife with Borderline Personality Disorder- Sequel to Diary of wife’s hospital stay - holding it together for our family.

This discussion is a follow on from my previous thread Diary of wife’s hospital stay - holding it together for our family, a thread I started when my wife was admitted to hospital for the third time in 6 months and when everything around me seemed to be falling apart. It was a space where I could vent and express my emotions and helped me to process a particularly difficult time not only in my own life but for our family and helped me to hold myself together in order to support my family. For that I am most grateful.

Those of you who were following our journey will know that on my darlings return home I have been encouraged by my councillor to implement some loving boundaries, (lovingly implemented guidelines, not as rules to be enforced), and some self-care for myself.

Now that my darling is home the purpose of this new thread is to document our journey of healing and implementing new boundaries and commitment to self-care, not only so that I can have a visual plan for myself (a bit of self-accountability to follow through with plans in place) but in the hope that it may help others processing similar trials. It will also be an opportunity to track our progress over time.

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stunning

yes I find that I like my own company more and more these days laugh

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I love being out on the water at sunset @Former-Member but not at this location, its a navigational challenge even in daylight (lots of water but only a narrow channel), other places we go I avoid during school holidays as there is too much traffic,

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Pleased to report no coast guard required today @Former-Member, I did manage to beach myself exploring a new area but it was on a rising tide so only a 10 minute delay. Gave me an excuse to get out and paddle around in the water while pushing the boat to deeper section lol.

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Good to hear Bro, LoL hope it was just the tide going up and not your blood pressure.

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Blood pressure would have been up if my darling was with me lol, she doesn't cope with that sort of thing very well.

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Stuck on a falling tide... now that is when the blood preassure goes up 😓

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Some positive news in the determined family, well at least I am looking at it as positive and holding on to hope that this is the first step for some positive change.

We went to see our pastor about some relationship councilling at my darlings request. She for the first time ever was open and honest about how she currently feels about marriage. (That part wasnt very positive 😔) . I love and appreciate pastors ability to state the obvious in such a defusing way. It was quite a productive visit.

He is going to contact a councillor he has worked with before to see if she is able to work with us... making first contact and explaining our situation is always very difficult for me so this step is much appreciated.

Holding on to hope that this may be able to give us some direction as we could really do with the help at the moment.

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Happy to hear that you enjoyed your time on the water @Determined and that counselling may be a goer.

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Thanks @soul

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@Determined

Yes that is good news..

the hardest step for some people acknowledging that they need help and asking for help..

very encouraging coming from your wife..

I am sensing that she is wanting this and making an effort for all of you from little things that have happened over the last few months..

very hard for you....you have shown great strength and courage...be kind to yourself..

am very pleased for you..

take care

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