SpringtimeCasual Contributor
Not sure how long I can hold my family together
Hi Everyone. Thanks for being here to support each other.
My husband is becoming increasingly unwell - depression, panic disorder, sleep apnoea and occasional suicidality. Stage 4 Covid19 restrictions and the loss of his job due to Covid19 seem to have triggered an increasing decline. His family is now estranged and all but one friend has walked away from him as he's becoming so irrational and irritable. But I (and our young child) are literally locked in with him. I love him but there is no way I would have even dated the man he's become. I feel like I've lost my husband. Any asserting of my own or our child's needs is perceived as criticism and results in further irritability and decline into depression. He then games or sleeps excessivly, leaving me to carry all the work and responsibilites alone. I'm so stuck.. and resentful and scared for our future. I'm so very worried about the impact this is having on our child too. I'm not sure how much longer I can (or even should) hold our family together. And, if it came to it, I'm honestly too scared to end the relationship as it would mean I'd have to leave our child alone in his care during his access. Please tell me this won't go on like this forever and that my husband will find his way back to us.
It's important to note that you do have rights and there are options for you - you don't have to go it alone.
