my wife doesn't care when i'm sick

Whenever he's sick I ask if I can go get anything from the store for him or do anything for him. Submitted by thparkle on Tue, 03/20/2018 - 11:36. So yes, I was sick and I gave myself the day and decided to go to work where I am around normal people that dote on me. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. They'll let me be to recuperate, since they know it's nasty. It was horrible since I did it secretly. I am not overwhelmingly rude or obnoxious or in his face. (and the smell, yuck) Even his clothes smell like old grease. And what Ive learned is, thats exactly why Im with you. Maybe he's dated someone like that. Never underestimate the callousness of the narcissist. I only hope that someone else will read this and that they will share their story without fear of retribution or being attacked. OP, assuming you guys have been married for a long time, possibly for more than five years and your work is what gets u sick and hurt regularly, I'm guessing she was not always like this. So cultural. I will keep that in mind. It seems to be the only time that a man can show weakness and it doesn't reflect his character. You don't want to marry a man with kids, trust me. Submitted by sickandtired on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 08:44. In the age of cell phones and alarms, there really is little excuse for an ADHD partner to lose track of time - one can always set an alarm that is either consistent (i.e. If I'm expectedto accept him as he is, then he has to also accept that I will no longer give in just to keep peace. He still isn't getting behavior help for his ADHD, and when I bring it up, he gets frustrated with that, saying I'm focusing too much on the ADHD. I know the empathy is in there, but it's overridden by the rest of their experience and the onslaught of perception they constantly have to sort through. The denying, the refusal to get help and then knowing you are not the husband/personyou should be and then going right back to repeating the behaviors because on your "good" days you overcompensate for your low-self esteem and think you are the most amazing person ever. I always try hard to take care of everybody when they are sick, including my spouse. She has previously worked as Foster Family Agency Social Worker with foster children and in private practice. Jan 14, 2018. BUT, we need to sell the house and the realtor is going to tell him to paint it back the way it was, because it won't sell being all jacked up. This is a great take. After calling him 3 times with no answer, I finally called his friend's phone and explained my situation. My husband would blame me for ruining his life. Yes, I agree, and am in the same place. God, family/friends, my job, my health and then him. I sit on the couch and tell him I've got a fever. You only get 1 life and your life matters, period. Make sure he understands how much you like the connectionbut also how hurtful it can be when it's inconsistent. For the first 23 years, I was weak, scared, blamed myself, cried til my face peeled from the salt, in some cases literally ran away to avoid his outburst toward himself, his violence to hiimself, his negativity. I think the non spouse has to be less of a giver and move to the attitude of-I'm in this life for myself just like you demonstratedaily that are in it for yourself. I would blame him for screwing up mine. a top book that therapists suggest all couples should read, Tell me about it..My husband lacks sympathy for me and the kids, His entertainment comes before anything else, They take as much as they can for as long as we allow it, Yes Dear Dede sadly we do know of that you speak:), https://www.adhdmarriage.com/content/empathy-and-adhd. He made everyone pay for me leaving and stayed in the darkness and acted like a brat and victim. The codependent wife moved back without his help and then he said he wasn't going back to therapy after one session. It seems likely he would like the opportunity to feel affection from you, as wellso perhaps would be motivated. Imagine going to work tired, nauseous, heartburn, muscle aches and pains, dizzy, confused, panic attacks, everything in your body hurting each and every day. I always wished I had the guts to leave him but the codependencykept me there. OMG. It seemed only logical, Im the identified patient right? Other times? I know when I'm sick, I freak out about being a burden & not pulling my weight. I am not my illness; I am a warrior. If anything, I am stronger in your eyes. Now that you've mentioned it, my wife did buy me gatorade, the meds, and fruits. Make sure that the timing is convenient for both of you. Being intrusive and obnoxious so my partner would pay attention to me. Gosh, feel better! Don't get me wrong. Do you have kids that were sick too? If my husband had a stomach bug that lasted a few days and he didnt go to the doctor I would probably be like your wife too. It was miserable. If you feel leaving him will make you happy then do it. he gets very angry. Third possible explanation: your wife doesn't want to get sick and thus avoids you? WebNow I'm going to get sick! ever heard of obsessive compulsive personality disorder? Of course. I mis calculated the drop, my crutches went out from under me, and I fell, landing flat on my back on thecement patio, hard. I hope he gets the help he needs! Wanting to CONNECT? H, has two basic emotions, FEAR and ANGER. Thanks. We had an argument this morning where he says I am always in pain, etc. How would you like her to act? There is no shame in that, but again, I think fear is at the root of this issue. If this happens once, it may not be a huge cause for concern. Fortunately, I feel a little better now. Blank and emotionless with no expression at all? That's absurd. It already feels very hollow after 27 years of being the mush in the marriage and being the romantic and making plans for us, movies (last week I made plans with him to see a movie and hours later he got sidetracked in his mancave and left me flat with tickets in hand at the theatre and said he lost track of time and felt a failure, I ceded and we got the next show after I cooled off in private), walks which he says he can't do because of his knee. I had to call my mother to take me.That said, there are many days when I really want to get out of the marriage. That lasted about 6 months for us and about 2 years for me to get over. He might show it in other ways. Should also consider the stress my wife is dealing with at work. I have learned to compartmentalize my life and he is 20% of it now. You dont care about my illness. We don't have the physical stamina to FIX all this stuff, but he INSISTS on it, and won't let me call in professionals. She doesn't care that I am in pain because she feels my feelings are unfounded. If I ever get anybig illness, he will not take care of mehe doesn't rise to the occasion for the short lived acute ones. Well, to be frank, that will vary from person to person as we all display love in different ways. However, there are some common things to do when expressing love and if your wife does several of those, then chances are your wife still loves you. Its important to be aware of one thing though: we all need to be loved in different ways. Hi. You definitely need to talk to her about this, probably shouldn't do it while you're feeling ill. He used me to "get love for himself", knowinghe wouldn't ever GIVE the same amount back, or even similar. I've had to take a de-greaser and scrub them all down to get the old slimy grease off of all of them. | Submitted by AdeleS6845 on Wed, 12/14/2016 - 08:44. a pleasure". Lately he finds more reasons than not to leave the house to help someone else anybody else. Some otc antacids helped. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. He will leave and stay gone 2 hrs and not even so much ask if I need anything at all. Please share ~ the relief is amazing! I've seen SO deeply moved by the plight of others. Are you sick often? That is when he finally paid attention to me and accepted that I was sick. If you are in the full I have been happily married for 22 yrs. When he arrived, he did not hug me, ask how I was, or show ANY CARE. Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it. I will always do my best but not at the price of my sanity.". Some people wait until the water is visibly murky before performing maintenance on the tank. At one point my manager demanded I go see a medical doctor, which I already had, and because I was past two weeks of antibiotics and still sick, I was refused treatment. He has the attitude of "Well, that's the past", "this is now". And my mother ( the other one with ADHD who I got it from? "The unexpected" threatens their sense of fragile balance. The ADHD Effect on Marriage was listed in Huff Post as a top book that therapists suggest all couples should read. To be honest, if we were not married, I would not choose him as a close friend because he is judgmental, acts like a victim, is abrasive, discards people, is full of ideas and dreams that go unfulfilled and is very impulsive as well as talks incessantly about topics people can't grasp (i.e quantum mechanics- high IQ, low common sense). I see we are out of aspirin and ask him if he knows of any in the house. Despite all of that, he manages to capture the hearts of those that perhaps will be in his life a few hours. Instead he walked around the car, got in the back seat and proceeded to yell at me for the next 15 min about how "he does not have time for this" & "why did I call him(my husband) and not my sister or my niece". I could barely limp about and it was rapidly getting worse. Follow this journey on Living Without Limits. If he is in a tank with filtration, you need to change about 20-30% of his water weekly. Yeahand just imagine trying to trust people when you grow up with everyone telling you you don't fit inand if you let that pain in all the time, instead of shut it out, you would be a puddle on the floor. He made me pay that year for leaving. Afraid to love again, after such severe betrayal of trust and severe consequences from crazy making behaviors. I do not think I will see a lasting change because myspousewith ADD is alwaysout for himself. He said it was too clinical and she was cold. It tends to be E>S in females, and S>E in males, and S>E in ADHD regardless of gender. Maybe a spouse is a lousy caregiver, or just as sick if not sicker; maybe you never noticed till now that certain local family members are better at receiving than giving. And your wife mightve been She says take medicine or go to doctor. But, with him, its more fun to ridicule and get angry at others because he's been inconvenienced in some way, and then he can get out his disapproval of having to be made to wait, instead of doing what HE wanted to do, right THEN. When someone is sick or injured.I'm first respondentjust so you know? Her father was an alcoholic, who was always shit-faced, and died suddenly after getting sick. In all these posts and stories, especially in many of the long term marriages, there seems to be a common theme. I have a high pain threshold and never take any days off sick. No excuse on either side. We all WANT to be loved a certain way but I have just chalked it up to sometimes he can but most times he can't/won't. Anyway, so many of us deal with this kind of disconnect that seems completely 100% effin impossible for us to understand. Even though we were engaged and had a date set, I still shouldn't have gotten pregnant, and THAT action left me with something that I would have to deal with the rest of my life. (regardless of what his mother did to him when he was small) Somewhere insidehimself, he knew he was holding back, and still did it, to his own detriment and the detriment of our marriage and love. Once in a while he says hello but its almost like it never happened. Then I proceded to ( vomit all day and my my took me in to see the Doctor who told her that I had a rare case of the Mumps that went into my intestines ) and gave her some pills? He is withdrawing from you, and youre feeling alone. Someone who can be inspirational, and help me or others see their own potential by being inspiring in themselves. 2022 Mighty Proud Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. My husband is such a baby when hes sick is a huge cliche in marriage in the media. I truly don't think he SEES the damage that all of this caused me AND him, mainly because he still doesn't think his ADHD has that much affect on our daily lives. This marriage has changed me, first for the worst and now finally for the better. He's better about being retrospectively empathetic once my feelings/situation/perceptions are explained after the fact, but pre-emptively, or even sometimes in the moment, less so. After I broke my foot, the Orthopedist put me in a non weight bearing cast. Confirmed. Someone who would listen to MY dreams, and want that for me, as much as I want his dreams and goals for him, and to help each other achieve those, if in our power. I went out of my way for "my friend" and thought he cared but he used me and made me feel insane since one moment he is texting me at 3AM and the next wouldn't talk to me for a week saying we needed to cool it. We don't have kids yet. When you marry, the two working, bill-paying adults in the house should set the important stuff togetherlike budget, schedule, vacations, house rules. Your book sits on my husband's night stand. I got a friend to help, the truck, got a place to go, separated the bills (still paid his cell and medical in case he went to therapy), wrote a letter and tired to live with him without acknowledging his last tantrum, my pain and still having sex and accepting his hugs and sucking up to me and trying not to cave or vomit. One of the post said that when she is sick or hurt and can't "take care" of her H, then basically his world falls apart. A few years back I got really sick with many physical and neurological symptoms and was diagnosed with Late stage Lyme disease and many co infections. And we would just keep saying hurtful things to each other. Just the feeling at the moment. I haven't been yelled at once while expressing myself. So I choose to let it go and know he is limited by the ADHD and other disorders that are undiagnosed until he can be humble and let go of his pride, and that right there is bigger than any disorder one can have. Being in a constantly defensive state (as are the chronic blamers of the world) means ADHD adults can become really good at detachingand awful at attaching. My husband had the worst tantrum in front of a third person. is already like this, it will only get worse. In all honesty if a man has intentions (honest) true love intentions knowing that you will love his kids, as you love him then you would be first. He went and played soccer that night when I was feeling my worst. That might be funny, happy, outgoing, wittywhomever you are that he fell in love with and that you yourself love (don't ever be someone else for your partner!). Lol. That's not even in my nature. To us I should say. Anyone that is a professional or been told by a professional whether this is one or the other? What does it take to stop running into these types of people? If the ADHD'er is unwilling to get help then really it's not fair for the other person to be the only one to want to actively work at it. Anyway. If you need help, I will cook dinner". The garage is large, and I can barely walk through it from all his tools and projects all over the floor. in Child and Adolescent Development and then an M.A. People are either takers or givers. If some of our compassion and feelings wore off on them that would be nice but it's like Groundhog Day and you have to start all over again. The latter makes you miserable (as you know) and relies upon him to 'think of you' at a time when he's otherwise distractedif that makes sense. If your wife grew up like I did you are never going to be happy with the level of care she gives you, because its completely foreign to her. No one has ever taken a day off when I was sick . Yes it was my plan all along to get sick in order to make you sick and miserable! Stay away from me!" Submitted by dedelight4 on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 06:51. But, he can't get past the victim hood yet.). Then we must note that he attempts, albeit it is poor and generic advice, to advise you on your illness. My In-laws and husband were there, along with our daughter. Angry loud voice- "Where do youwant to go!?" Boy did we cry. You should probably be checked out by a doctor. I was a great person to be around but the lies hurt and changed me. And.as I have confirmed my father ( the Narc ) did this as well? By then its too late. That's just great! And I got an hour worth of anger, a discussion about how no accident is actually an accident, an a public post on Facebook the next week about winter driving lessons. This detachment causes children to grow up detached from making intimate friendships and relationships as an adult, to closely love others. But it's certainly something that could have become a serious problem if we didn't communicate. I have learned from him that I have always mothered him and even though I am awesome, I have given so much with littleeffort in return because he is hyperfocused on his priorities. Yeah, I remember when she was sick and I was doing everything for her as I just let her rest. I was trying to do something simple. You may want to reflect on your needs when you are sick as an adult. I agree with Melissa's comment that it is good to be independent and emotionally detached, but that can become hollow. That's just I m not saying it s right, but I am not putting in the effort for someone who lies to my face about everything. And I'm also feeling better. Sometimes it's commitment to dinner hour where you discuss things together (rather than eating alone). Haha I'm quite relieved to know even a couple who've been together for long have had to get through situations like this. Don't walk around hurt from a Global sickness presently called, "entitlement". 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