Advice/ guidance needed. My husband took an overdose last week and after a couple of days in intensive care he survived, and now he's home. My question is - how the hell do I get over it?
He has been suffering from depression since December and attempted to kill himself on 17th February. This was at his Mum's and I didn't have to deal with the immediate impact of that overdose - didn't have to call the ambulance or anything - she did. He only took sleeping tablets that time so was only in hospital for 6 hrs then back to his Mum's to sleep it off.
This time it was me who found him, having just returned home with my 2 year old and 4 year old from their music class. He had locked himself in the bathroom and left a suicide note. He was in a semi-comatosed state when I found him and I called an ambulance.
I know he's ill but I can't get over what he's done. Hate living my life a day at a time and worrying about whether he's going to do it again - he didn't seem suicidal last Wednesday so how do I spot the signs? Also, he won't promise me that he won't do it again since he promised before and that didn't mean anything did it?
Can't see what future we have at the moment. He has put me through hell, but acts like nothing is wrong. I'm not allowed to mention it and now his mum's telling me it's me who needs to speak to a counsellor to get over it. Why's this all become my problem? I won't do anything rash like kick him out but the thought has crossed my mind. He's being seen by psychiatric specialists and I know that I have to just hang in there and wait til he gets better, blah, blah. But I've been riding this emotional rollercoaster for months now.
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mummyjones1977 · 17/03/2010 13:40
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