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Husband furious, think that this is the end

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strugglingflower · 16/05/2024 21:12

I am posting on AIBU for traffic

Its a long story so please bare with me.

My son not my husband's son, has had issues for about 18 months, he become depressed and lost his job, his girlfriend and a very close family member, he stole money out of our bedroom my son started to smoke weed never in the house, my son become verbally aggressive towards me, my husband and him would argue and there was squaring up to each other, I could see that my son was unwell but I could not get him any help as my son did not engage with medical professionals' I contacted the local crisis team as I could see my son was in a bad place I was told that I would get a call in 2 weeks, still waiting for that phone call.

My son then had an episode of Psychosis, I managed to get him into hospital and then in house treatment at the Priory for a month, and then at home care, when he came home my husband wanted nothing to do with my son and is old school that my son should just suck it up and man up.

My son has now lost 2 jobs through calling in sick as he is vomiting and has no motivation, my son is still depressed.

My husband has gone mad tonight, as I have not told him that he lost his job on Tuesday I wanted to wait until Friday night so that I could sit my husband down. Tonight my husband has locked our bedroom door and will not let me come into the room and is not speaking to me, he has asked in the past to choose between him and my son. I will always choose my son. I think that this is the end of my marriage.

What the hell do I do.

OP posts:
strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 21:03

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 21:00

You've said he has lost two jobs because he isn't fit to work through mental illness. If he was engaging with services he'd be signed off as such (ie not fit to work).

The doctors and he thought that he was well enough to work but it becomes too much. My son has been refused PIP, and we have waited for 8 months for an assessment on UC.

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Twilight7777 · 17/05/2024 21:02

I’d show your husband this, he might realise he’s gone too far.

GoingDownLikeBHS · 17/05/2024 21:01

OP you are in a terrible situation that you've made worse by posting on AIBU - don't put yourself through this; maybe get the thread deleted or start again on the SEN board. Obviously there are some people on here that understand, but when you read the shit some posters are throwing up you can understand why the "its good to talk" rubbish is pointless. And would you believe its mental health week, this week?

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 21:00

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:57

Its my house, my sons and my husbands, he is also not a drug user, he is clean from weed and has been for 10 months.

He has not been refusing, gracious me have you not read the thread, or are you just making things up.

You've said he has lost two jobs because he isn't fit to work through mental illness. If he was engaging with services he'd be signed off as such (ie not fit to work).

Peppermintytea · 17/05/2024 21:00

Sounds like there are other children in the house too so 'put your son first' has consequences for them too.

Jarstastic · 17/05/2024 21:00

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:54

There has never been physical abuse, not sure where you got that from.

Oh, please accept my apologies. I read this thread earlier in small font on my phone whilst cooking. I'm on my laptop now.

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:59

k1233 · 17/05/2024 20:51

I still think there is an issue with depression, he is unmotivated, socially withdrawn and sleeps a hell of a lot.

@strugglingflower after all of his appointments, is your son diagnosed with depression? It doesn't sound like it from your posts. Just because he is sleeping a lot etc, doesn't make it depression. This may be what is annoying your husband. Your son had enough appointments that depression could have been diagnosed and it hasn't been, so what are the other reasons for that behaviour?

He has had a diagnosed of depression, the issue is he is not getting better.

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napody · 17/05/2024 20:58

OP I really wouldn't be wasting your energy battling on AIBU at the moment with the vocal few that don't get it.

Of course you need to support your son through this, as most pps have said from the start. Possibly your DH needs to temporarily move out if he is finding it that hard to cope with. I hope he can find a way to support you as you really don't have a choice here- your love and support for your son isn't conditional on him being well.

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:57

Catsbreakfast · 17/05/2024 20:53

The son is a drug user, abusive and a thief. He needs boundaries and I can see why the husband will not tolerate this behaviour in his house. It’s the son’s responsibility to get help, that he is currently refusing

Its my house, my sons and my husbands, he is also not a drug user, he is clean from weed and has been for 10 months.

He has not been refusing, gracious me have you not read the thread, or are you just making things up.

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IgnoranceNotOk · 17/05/2024 20:56

k1233 · 17/05/2024 20:51

I still think there is an issue with depression, he is unmotivated, socially withdrawn and sleeps a hell of a lot.

@strugglingflower after all of his appointments, is your son diagnosed with depression? It doesn't sound like it from your posts. Just because he is sleeping a lot etc, doesn't make it depression. This may be what is annoying your husband. Your son had enough appointments that depression could have been diagnosed and it hasn't been, so what are the other reasons for that behaviour?

What meds is he on OP?
The hospitals and A&E can pump them full of anything to try and ‘help’ them. A lot of the meds have awful side effects and lots give severe fatigue -
Especially anti- psychotics which can be impossible to get off.

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:54

Jarstastic · 17/05/2024 20:49

I'm sorry you went through something.

In this case, it doesn't sound like there's been any abuse by the stepparent towards the stepchild.

It does sound like there has been verbal and physical abuse by the son towards the mother.

Young men do 'square up' to men I see this with our sons and their father. They all go through a stage of it. It is a natural biological process.

The stepfather has had his hands tied. He can't even protect his own wife from physical and mental harm. Sounds like he's reached the end of his tether.

There has never been physical abuse, not sure where you got that from.

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Catsbreakfast · 17/05/2024 20:53

222a · 16/05/2024 21:14

Choose your son

The son is a drug user, abusive and a thief. He needs boundaries and I can see why the husband will not tolerate this behaviour in his house. It’s the son’s responsibility to get help, that he is currently refusing

k1233 · 17/05/2024 20:51

I still think there is an issue with depression, he is unmotivated, socially withdrawn and sleeps a hell of a lot.

@strugglingflower after all of his appointments, is your son diagnosed with depression? It doesn't sound like it from your posts. Just because he is sleeping a lot etc, doesn't make it depression. This may be what is annoying your husband. Your son had enough appointments that depression could have been diagnosed and it hasn't been, so what are the other reasons for that behaviour?

Jarstastic · 17/05/2024 20:49

sweatervest · 17/05/2024 19:04

as i found out the hard way - the highest cause of abuse in the home is step-parents (apparently that's a fact as said to me by a very nice lady who saved my life (literally))

I'm sorry you went through something.

In this case, it doesn't sound like there's been any abuse by the stepparent towards the stepchild.

It does sound like there has been verbal and physical abuse by the son towards the mother.

Young men do 'square up' to men I see this with our sons and their father. They all go through a stage of it. It is a natural biological process.

The stepfather has had his hands tied. He can't even protect his own wife from physical and mental harm. Sounds like he's reached the end of his tether.

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 20:48

pootlin · 17/05/2024 20:39

The lengths some women will go to keep a man is obscene.

I applaud OP for prioritising her son, who has been clean for almost a year.

Absolutely - I said @strugglingflower should allow her husband to leave.

Rosscameasdoody · 17/05/2024 20:48

ticketproblems · 16/05/2024 21:25

I’m with your husband. Your son is a disgrace. MH aren’t an excuse, plenty of people with poor MH do not steal or abuse their mothers.

You clearly have no idea what psychosis is so are not qualified to make that assertion. Be grateful that you aren’t.

IgnoranceNotOk · 17/05/2024 20:48

Oh OP - people will have no idea. My sibling had a manic episode after going onto ADHD medication after diagnosis (very sensitive to meds and now has an ASC diagnosis too) and the ended up severely ill with depression and in hospital.

It has been an awful, awful road with all of us feeling like we’d lost our family. It’s so, so hard but even though I was struggling with losing my support system and my children suddenly lost my family (I understood entirely but it was so hard), we were there for my sibling. My dad took a step back from his job so he could be there and we all travelled miles and stayed up all night fighting and contacting pals and arguing so the care would eventually be right.

Please, please stick by him! I beg you! If you don’t there will be no one else who will!

TowerRavenSeven · 17/05/2024 20:44

My son would always come first in this situation whether I was married to his father or not.

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:41

pootlin · 17/05/2024 20:39

The lengths some women will go to keep a man is obscene.

I applaud OP for prioritising her son, who has been clean for almost a year.

Thank you

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strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:40

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 20:34

Apt username.

No, I haven't read his notes. Nor have you.

I have read his notes.........You have not

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pootlin · 17/05/2024 20:39

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 20:34

Apt username.

No, I haven't read his notes. Nor have you.

The lengths some women will go to keep a man is obscene.

I applaud OP for prioritising her son, who has been clean for almost a year.

strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:38

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 20:26

Comparing drug induced psychosis to a son/daughter with cancer is utterly abhorrent. Bear in mind there are parents on here who are/have been in that position, an horrific position that is not remotely comparable to yours.

I think you should give your husband your blessing to leave.

Telling someone with mental health issue that they are not remotely comparable is utterly abhorrent.

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strugglingflower · 17/05/2024 20:36

aridiculousargument · 17/05/2024 20:30

you read the OP’s son’s notes? Spoke to his doctors? spoke to him? Do you know what drug induced psychosis is?

and your comment only supports what we’ve been saying: there are people who are unwell and deemed deserving of care, empathy and support, and there are people who are unwell and deemed undeserving of care, etc. it shouldn’t be a categorical assessment. All of them deserve care.

This ^^

It clear to some that some illnesses are ok, but mental health issues you are not worthy of help

OP posts:
SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 20:34

aridiculousargument · 17/05/2024 20:30

you read the OP’s son’s notes? Spoke to his doctors? spoke to him? Do you know what drug induced psychosis is?

and your comment only supports what we’ve been saying: there are people who are unwell and deemed deserving of care, empathy and support, and there are people who are unwell and deemed undeserving of care, etc. it shouldn’t be a categorical assessment. All of them deserve care.

Apt username.

No, I haven't read his notes. Nor have you.

aridiculousargument · 17/05/2024 20:30

SloaneStreetVandal · 17/05/2024 20:26

Comparing drug induced psychosis to a son/daughter with cancer is utterly abhorrent. Bear in mind there are parents on here who are/have been in that position, an horrific position that is not remotely comparable to yours.

I think you should give your husband your blessing to leave.

you read the OP’s son’s notes? Spoke to his doctors? spoke to him? Do you know what drug induced psychosis is?

and your comment only supports what we’ve been saying: there are people who are unwell and deemed deserving of care, empathy and support, and there are people who are unwell and deemed undeserving of care, etc. it shouldn’t be a categorical assessment. All of them deserve care.

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