
10-27-2007, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Vivvie
Ok, where to begin? My Husband and I have been married for 3 years. He recently got out of the military after 7 years of service. He was left with PTSD and it's been a complete up hill battle ever since he arrived home from his last deployment. We've sought counseling within as well as outside of the military but he seems to have completely changed from the man that I once knew. The kind and gentle man that I married has been replaced my a bitter, jaded and angry man.
I know that much of this is not his fault. War changes people, right? I have suggusted that he continue counseling with or without me but he refuses. I have begged him to go see a Dr. and get on some type of "happy pill," but he doesn't think he needs them.
He came from a terrible home with a Father who treated him very badly. He constantly catches himself doing the same things his Father did to him as a child to our children. He knows that he has a problem but yet refuses to fix it? I feel as though I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't want to give up on him but at what point do you say enough is enough?
We have seperated twice in the past year and in that time he did attempt to make changes but he didn't follow through with the changes once I came home. Friends and family have told me that perhaps I need to leave for a longer period of time until he really has a chance to change but I fear that no amount of time will change him back into the man that I once married.
I have been honestly contemplating divorce for well over a year now but something is holding me back from making MY decision to be happy again. How do you not worry about your spouse in the divorce process?
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i think you should take the advice given by your friends into consideration. coz if he did start taking steps to remedy to his problems when you left, that means he wants you in his life, but by coming back before he can fix his problem, you snatch away the goal he fixes himself in his mind, i.e. recuperating you. by staying away longer, and watching his progress from a distance, offering support only when it's asked for, you give him the chance to recuperate you, with the idea of solving the problems and hence being able to have a healthy relationship again.
and in the event you do decide to divorce, to answer your question, i don't think you can NOT worry about your spouse when you still love him and feel that you could be happy with him again.
but on the other hand, if the feelings of love and hope have faded, then i don't see why you should worry. the only person you should worry about is yourself and how you'll get back on the rails.
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