Hi hoping for a bit of help dealing with this. DH has been suffering with depression/anxiety for quite some time and had CBT and therapy ending a few months ago. He seemed to be so much better. Last night though we were at a family wedding and he seems to have suffered a big relapse, he walked out of the wedding right at the end and did not come back to my parents house where we were staying. Obviously huge worry and us searching, calling, after a while he texted me to let me know he was fine and had walked home to our house ten miles away as he needed space. He has done this before, walking off and getting headspace is his way of coping. Obviously with him having gone backwards he is straight back to docs Monday and getting whatever help is needed. We have explained it to the children who are ok and I know he will get help and we'll get through it in time. The problem is my parents. They are angry with him as they don't 'believe' in depression, are firmly in the 'pull yourself together' camp and can't understand what DH is going through. So my mother has decided he must be having an affair instead. She sent DH a text saying they 'we think you were picked up from the wedding, but we have not told our suspicions about what is going on'. I am gobsmacked. For a start they didn't see him leave, I did. The wedding was on a farm in the middle of nowhere. And my husband simply isn't having an affair!!! I know my husband and know what he is going through. They are not trying to understand, are outraged at his behaviour and have invented an alternative scenario instead. How on earth do I attempt to handle this????
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DH is depressed, my parents don't believe in depression!!!
lincolnshirelassy · 04/07/2015 15:10
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