Heartbroken

Just here to vent. I’m a WFH mom of 2, one is 3 yrs old with sensory issues and developmental delays, and a 9 month old. My husband suffers from depression, anxiety, possible ADHD and alcoholism. He def loves his kids and is such a great dad when he’s mentally good and present, but otherwise struggles a lot - he is unhappy with himself and his life and believes that living in a city is part of what is making him miserable. That his “dream job” would require us to relocate to other states. My roots are so deep here tho-my job is here, my family is here, my entire support system that I rely on when he can’t get out of bed cuz of the depression, or disappears to go drink somewhere. I can’t just pick up and leave to make him happy, cuz that’ll just make me miserable and without support when he’s not around. Then if I’m miserable, that affects the kids too. Hes been seeing a therapist 1x a week for months now, on depression/anxiety meds and will start ADHD eval soon, but feels like convo of him not being happy here keeps coming up. So it’s becoming clearer to me that he needs to leave to figure out what makes him happy and I’m so heartbroken by this. Nothing has happened yet, no decisions have been made. But I’m basically grieving the unofficial loss of my marriage and start of single mom life with two young kids. Just not how I thought my life would be…
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did he try seeing a therapist? it really helped me.

If he hasn’t tried already and he can’t afford a therapist here’s the contact for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine: Call 1-800-950-6264, chat, text "Friend" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org.

As long as he is dealing with depression and a drinking problem, nothing else will make him happy. He needs to address those problems first.

Moving states is really far and a big move for sure. Have you both talked about compromising, that way you dont lose your family support system but maybe just move right outside of the city so he can be in some countryside. I was in a relationship where i lived with the guy in the city and i became really depressed. I came to realize i really missed the trees and the just living somewhere that wasnt so cluttered with people and houses. Would you be willing to move out of the city if you could reamain close?

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