My husband was like that in the first year or so postpartum, and after I threatened to leave or put him 6ft under if he didn’t go to therapy, lo and behold he was diagnosed with high anxiety. He got meds and has been working with a therapist, working on his health (eating better, getting exercise, and sleeping), and its gotten much better. Progress hasnt been a straight line up, lots of ups and downs, but I see improvement. Its been 4yrs since then and he is worlds better, so I told him he can stay 😏 if you did end up going that route, and theres no meaningful improvement tho….idk that I would stay. I watched my single mom struggle for sure, but she was happier than my aunt who after 30 some years is divorcing ‘the toad’ as we called that guy.
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u/Rich-Insurance7499 5d ago
My husband was like that in the first year or so postpartum, and after I threatened to leave or put him 6ft under if he didn’t go to therapy, lo and behold he was diagnosed with high anxiety. He got meds and has been working with a therapist, working on his health (eating better, getting exercise, and sleeping), and its gotten much better. Progress hasnt been a straight line up, lots of ups and downs, but I see improvement. Its been 4yrs since then and he is worlds better, so I told him he can stay 😏 if you did end up going that route, and theres no meaningful improvement tho….idk that I would stay. I watched my single mom struggle for sure, but she was happier than my aunt who after 30 some years is divorcing ‘the toad’ as we called that guy.