Submitted by dedelight4 on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 16:40. Once in a while he says hello but its almost like it never happened. Nearly 17% were estranged from a member of their immediate family. It's not even his fault because stupid idiot "women" like you let men like him treat you like crap. Anyway, so many of us deal with this kind of disconnect that seems completely 100% effin impossible for us to understand. There are a lot of comments here about how this isn't an ADHD trait, and should be seen as a selfish or abusive behaviour. Unreal. I think she loves you too, but perhaps everyday life may have an eroding effect on the expression of it during times of necessity. THAT, was fear. There is a lot going on in that active brain and it takes a lot of inward attention to keep going. And one of the most troubling scenarios where you see this is when the wife becomes so upset that she cries and the husbands response is indifference, anger, frustration, or denial. in Psychology. My wife wants to be left alone, and I mean ALONE. Etc. (and the smell, yuck) Even his clothes smell like old grease. 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. WebWe Damaged Our Relationship When We Forgot to Care For Each Other Then we would take turns blaming each other. I do agree with you. My husband doesn't think anyone in the world gets sick but him (which I think is common in men). 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. Submitted by peach on Tue, 12/13/2016 - 16:07. Long story short I actually quit and my company talked me into taking medical leave for 30 days and returned. Nothing sexual ever happened but after 2 years of him love bombing me, calling me hot, beautiful, his soul mate, his twin, etc, he would discard me when I got too needy and hoover me back in when he needed an emotional pick me up. She was probably raised in a household without empathy for sick people. We've been married 17 years. Hewas an abusive, narcissistic Asshole. I am, however, hesitant, super hesitant, to engage when 90 percent of what comes out of his mouth is a lie. The saying goes, "Don't be mad when I pull a you, on you." WebMy (soon to be) ex wife had little sympathy whenever I was sick, and honestly it really sucked. He has the attitude of "Well, that's the past", "this is now". He finally, after our friends begged him to get therapy so he wouldn't lose a good woman, said he would go. There are times I still wonder how our husbands can continue to deny who they are, and why so MANY people, have difficulty with them. We went to the diner and my life changed. My husband would blame me for ruining his life. That takes some effort, but is doable by almost all. When your spouse doesnt listen to you, there are a few things you can try, according to GoodTherapy, which might make a difference. I've been reading the posts for the last few weeks with great interest. Or begging him to drive you home. Lets look at the options: 1. Best of Luck to you all and I look forward to reading your story. However Ive come to the realization that hes not the same as me. If I ever mention his behavior of that day, he gets mad at me and tells me that "I Never let things go and that I am to blame because I can't "forgive" him". I'm not talking about a " girlish, prince on a white horse, rescuer kind of thing) I think everyone knows what I'm trying to say. I guess what i m saying is although the strategy may have a great chance of success for some, there isn't any upside in my case. Submitted by sickandtired on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 08:44. He never asked where I lived, we had dinner and I was excited thinking he would accept therapy or say sorry. A few weeks ago, he reiterated (I think he's said this once before) why nothing worked: while he professed to wanting a relationship with me, he actually is unable to form personal connections. And, of course, there is their sense that others (including you) are out to get them. Partners are supposed to have each others backs, even when it doesnt seem like the best thing to do. I need to see if Iam wrong about this. I started treatment and with the antibiotics and things you get sicker before you start healing. I know my friends ahave been instrumental in plugging that gap for me. Like so many of the other posts, writing this post and sharing my feelings is very therapeutic. it's not the same as OCD. You should probably be checked out by a doctor. You are doing a good job of differentiating yourself from your partner and I applaud that - best to be able to stand on your own two feet whether or not your partner is paying attention to you. Now I'm going to get sick! My H, and many others, expect love, support, attention and all the good stuff without being self aware enough to understand that they are not giving it in return and become very angry when it's not provided. First, BE a person with whom he would be dying to connect. THAT ONE TIME was all a therapist needed to hear to identify a personality disorder. And my mother ( the other one with ADHD who I got it from? I know when I'm sick, I freak out about being a burden & not pulling my weight. It's the thought that matters <3. Always. Iris is somewhat of a unicorn a zebra unicorn even! He is Extremely self centered, has No Empathy or Sympathy for anyone except himself. All I have to say about that is..THAT..is some Fucked Up Shit.right there!! All 3 of her children had severe issues, which she blamed on them. When my wife is sick, I tend to wait on her. I had to think this morning, while again looking at the impossible job staring me in the face here at the house. My husband believes he's Mr. Fix-It, and can fix anything. I haven't been yelled at once while expressing myself. Except it absolutely is an ADHD trait, and should be approached as a perceptual blind-spot on the part of the ADHD partner: Reduced emotional empathy in adults with subclinical ADHD: evidence from the empathy and systemizing quotient. He didn't take me to the hospital, just put me back to bed. Press J to jump to the feed. #1. Once again I get "That's great! It may make it more difficult to resolve differences or conflicts and the same My "H" is 100% total Narcissistic! When you find out your spouse is seriously ill, its natural to feel overwhelmed by fear and confusion. He went and played soccer that night when I was feeling my worst. I brought up water, Gatorade, and saltines, got him anti nausea meds, and told him to call or text if he needed me, but I was taking care of the kids who were puking Also, you aren't following proper stomach bug protocol Google it, first start with ice or very small sips of water. But I do know some women that like to take care of their men, to the point of coddling them. 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? Im worried and curious what to look for. But, He won't spend any TIME with me, or sit and talk to me, like when I've been sick or in the hospital. Any time I am not at 100% to run the household, restock the coffee, cook meals, put the kids to bed, do the laundry, etc. WebIs it normal for a husband to not take care of his wife when she falls sick? Now he is fine with it, he got used to it and I feel its because I did not cave in to the codependency. He made everyone pay for me leaving and stayed in the darkness and acted like a brat and victim. Become a Mighty contributorhere. Submitted by PoisonIvy on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 15:38. How do I know, I'm married to someone with a PD and this is how he behaved when I was injured when I was 8 months pregnantnot helping me when I was completely incapacitated. I get dizziness, irritability, mood swings, left sided weakness, severe nerve pain, and killer headaches with my autoimmune attacks. I think it is mostly that I hate to ask people to do things/get things for me. Thank her sincerely for doing these things to you inspite of her 'reservations'. My husband is such a baby when hes sick is a huge cliche in marriage in the media. We havent heard from you in a while, and Im hoping you are ok. His mother died from Alzhiemer's, but was bi-polar and whatever else. 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. You're not the victim the kids are. If you want to connect with your partner the 'trick' is two fold. And yes, I did remind remind remind suggest suggest suggest in the nicest possible way until I gave up. I was too kind, wanting to help TOO much, and didn't set boundaries. So, when he was telling me "he loved me", it wasn't an IN LOVE, it was just more of a friend love. Even worse when these DisneyDaddys, lol are looking for a life partner, the first thing that they rub on your face is the: my kids come first b.s. But if I need or expect something maybe not so much because it wont register as now/love but as someone upset whether the upsetedness is valid or not. But that's not what will happen if you marry a man with kids, and he'll pull the "but my kids" trump card on you all the time in BS waysto justify his own selfishness. It wasnt until recently that I found an outlet for all of this junk in my head. They want something done and over with, right then. My husband is friendly and nice until I am sick. If you ever became terminal, he would run for the hills. I dont expect to be doted on and coddled when Im sick, but some level of I mis calculated the drop, my crutches went out from under me, and I fell, landing flat on my back on thecement patio, hard. If I am not in his presence at the moment, I am not on his mind. I am the best thing he has ever had. But you dont care. When I confront him about what I'm thinking about how he acts, he becomes defensive and gets angry. I jokingly call(ed) her "Florence Nightingale" because even others would notice how completely oblivious she was/is to any illness or discomfort on my part. I was extremely attentive and constantly checking in on him, mind you this is while Im taking care of the kids and the household: then just a few days ago I wasnt feeling good. Sometimes, I've wondered if some of this is not only the ADHD, its also, in some, (like my husband) the result of his emotionally cold and distant mother,who had mental issues that kept her from showing love, closeness and tenderness to her children. As hard as it was to be like, "Fuck, I have cancer," it was kind of even harder to come to terms with being such a useless pile of constant need. And, yes, I am 100% sure it's not all ADHD. If your betta lives in an unfiltered setup youll need to completely change his water and clean his tank weekly. I have loved you for a long time, and we have been through so much together, but what Ive recently learned is this: You could care less about my illness. 2 yrs ago I was in a serious car accident. I shouldn't have to and I take very good care of myself after 27 years and a complete role reversal. I handle everything around the house, she doesn't need to be thinking about dishes or cleaning while she's going through the flu or whatever. You are right. Stay away from me!" I WISH I was kidding. I was still in therapy and my therapist, who is a mutual friend and took me on pro-bono, helped me so much to rebuild my esteem, stop being co-dependent. That lasted about 6 months for us and about 2 years for me to get over. It was a high pressure job in sales and recruiting, with a manager who later got in trouble for harrassingstaff and being absolutely unprofessional. All part of marriage, I guess. If you read anything about attachment theory, the bottom line is that if you had a parent who didn't attach to you, or rejected you, then you mostly likely develop an unhealthy attachment style you use with others. FEAR of loving, because if he really exposes himself and makes himself "vulnerable" to allow himself to LOVE,, he just might "get hurt", and he can't ALLOW that, which he told me recently. 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 woke him up at 2 am and said "Get your clothes on- take me to the hospital- I have text book appendicitis." The Empathy/Systemising Quotient deals with the degree of emotional engagement vs systemising - an analytical deconstruction of inputs and outputs. Yes, I agree, and am in the same place. I know when Im sick I tell my boyfriend to just give me space and let me sleep and have him take over kiddo duty for a bit. Best Sex Positions to Improve Your Sex Life. OMG. Submitted by c ur self on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 14:17, ( A true and internal lack of gratitude for his own life that God has granted him, and gratitude for the lives that have been entrusted TO him, which is an honor and which is humbling for the soul who can SEE this fact. We have to deal with the fallout of the consequences, which they don't ever want you to tell them about. And I'm also feeling better. Someone who at times would look at me and just smile, (as if we shared a special secret), with eyes that showed gentleness, patience and strength, but with a reverent humility. Bring her gatorade, soup, crackers, etc. Its a cultural thing as a whole. If there IS, it's usually in a complaint or verbal assault on someone or something, that irritated him, again, "at the moment". Some people are very loving and caring, others are pretty avoidant. Some people have zero bedside manner. This is a never ending cycle that doesn't ever stop. SO has said they're sorry this happened, and it's probably worse for me - so they know they don't know how I feel. This is not ok. She can't fix it if she doesn't know. Everyone, strangers and those that love and tolerate him see an issue. 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. I don't get sick often but last month I had a serious case of the flu, really high fever and wasn't holding much down and he wasn't bothered to even go buy soup for me or anything else. My husband has a 'man cold' right now. Recently I was knocked down by a I helped him in his business, to help ease some of the burden he said he was under. Have enough respect without ego to treat yourself with a non-toxic man or woman. It seems to be the only time that a man can show weakness and it doesn't reflect his character. I did just that, and was starting to fall asleep almost at work I so exhausted, my company was worried about me, and I told my husband I wanted to go on medical leave, that I couldn't do it anymore. Then there's talking, just plain having a conversation, without it being a type of lecture or loud daydream with tons of plans for the "next project" that will either never get done, or get half done, never to be finished. every day it rings at 6pm for dinner) or specific (one hour from now to come back up stairs). Qualities many w ADDdo not possess. Don't misunderstand me - I get it. But I truly think my husband is being a pussy sometimes. Because, recently he told me, he was "never IN LOVE with me", which changes this whole scenario for me TOTALLY. So many of the situations seem so crazily familiar. He appears not to care youre pregnant and youre feeling unsupported. But the way to stay unique and independent is to define when you will connect, rather than wait for him to notice at any time. (he can't) He pinches pennies, in trying to fix something that he's usually broken himself, but then it ends up costing us double or triple in do-overs. It is obvious that ADD people rarely change for any measurable amount of time. It means you're a dumb ass push over that loves acting like a victim. but I am trying to get past the resentment so now it simply feels like a friendship and some days like room mates but my goal is to remain pleasant and loving, as I would treat a friend. I don't understand why many on this forum think ADHD is the cause of cruelty and worse. Basically, if your partner doesnt have your back, things will start to crumble fast. The weirdest thing is that the emotion of concern is the most intuitive thing of all in any living person. They ruin too many peoples lives. Some of the scorn heaped upon ADHDers by their non-ADHD partners must CERTAINLY be readable in their partner's body languageeven if their partner is trying to be nice. I hear you, I cant count the number of times my husband made it very clear that myillness was a hughinconvenience for him there was no thought to how it made me feel. Submitted by ppester1 on Thu, 03/02/2017 - 14:44. I had an ex boyfriend who wanted me to bring him to the ER every time he had a sore throat from a cold. 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. Right now I'm back at the house trying to get some stuff in order. Do you think being obnoxious made him FOND of me? That is my story for anyone that can benefit from it. a pleasure". 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