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22-04-2020 08:23 PM
22-04-2020 08:23 PM
Re: Hi I am new to this forum,my husband has Bipolar and I have no one to talk too about it.
Hi, I too am new to this forum. My husband also has Bipolar disorder as well as a history of psycosis, trauma and abuse. I have 3 children and am really concerned about how this is affecting them. After 9 years of ups and downs I have sought help for myself and suffer from anxiety .I have struggled to find support groups for people who have a spouse with a mental health illness and I struggle alot as I feel very isolated alot of the time. I have wonderdul friends that listen and family that I can talk to but I sometimes feel they get sick of hearing the same thing....up and down...and to be honest I dont blame them, I guess I just feel like I am at a cross road and dont know where to from here. Im optimistic. most of the time and guess I just need a place to vent where people understand and hope I can help others on their journey along the way.
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01-09-2020 01:30 PM
01-09-2020 01:30 PM
Re: Hi I am new to this forum,my husband has Bipolar and I have no one to talk too about it.
@Allie-May I can't share anything about the traumas my BP partner puts me through because I know my friends and family would want us to break up. His diagnosis was over a decade ago, we've been together 2 years and just a few weeks after I met him he had a severe break-down. I spoke to my own friends and family then to get support, but they just encouraged me to cut and run. I didn't and now they don't want to know me.
For the most part things are ok. I keep mood-charts and began to be able to predict when things were going to get rough. The really bad times only last a week or two as a rule, but we have been rapid cycling for almost 3 months now. His highs are irritable highs and his lows are aggressive depression. I am so exhausted that I can barely go to work.
If he wasn't ill, I would put my hand up as an abused partner and walk out the door. It isn't an excuse to manipulate and humiliate me though, as he does it with everyone. I can't talk to him about his agressive outbursts in any realistic manner because then he is so down on himself he becomes suicidal.
I am exhausted.
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05-09-2020 03:54 PM
05-09-2020 03:54 PM
Re: Hi I am new to this forum,my husband has Bipolar and I have no one to talk too about it.
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