Posted by Kingfish on August 6, 2001, at 15:48:27
In reply to Old friends ..., posted by Willow on August 6, 2001, at 14:55:43
> My husband harps on the children to leave me alone. I guess he misses the person I use to be. I reassure him that I'm able to guage how much I can tolerate.
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Or perhaps this is his way of trying to take care of you, to give you room? I don't know, just trying to throw a positive light on it...
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> My best friend blames my husband. She doesn't understand why his life hasn't stopped like mine. I try to explain to her that he isn't the tired one.==
Oh, the fatigue. It's so awful. And if your husband, like mine, hasn't suffered from it, he doesn't understand.
Doesn't sound to me like your life has stopped at all, Willow. Maybe you still do too much...
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> When I'm at my worse, my mom wants me to put my father into a home. I explain to her what a help he is with the children and driving me around or just doing errands.
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> And sometimes when all is quiet, I myself wonder!==
This must be difficult. I haven't been in a similar situation. But if he is a comfort, then it seems the good outweighs the bad, and that she is doing what most folks do, which is trying to find a concrete thing to blame, rather than the illness (depression) itself.
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> Weeping Willow ---- Sympathetic King of the Fishes
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