DH has hurt his back. Again. He's had problems with it many times over the last 10 years or so - a prolapsed disc that has episodes of being OK and then he jars it somehow and he is in agony for weeks or months until it resolves itself. Its been fine for quite a while (a couple of years possibly) but he slipped on a spillage at work this week and it may have gone again - he landed awkwardly, hurting his knee, hip and back, at first we hoped it was just normal aches from a fall but 2 days on and he can still barely walk, having sciatica type pains down that side which is starting to point towards him having thrown his back out properly again.
The problem is, he also suffers from depression, and has done so for even longer than he has had back problems (takes a high dose of venaflaxine so not mild depression) and is also on thin ice with work due to sickness (takes about 3 periods of sickness per year, some to do with injuries, some to do with man flu). Back in March he was off for a week with a heavy cold (not quite the right symptoms for Covid but nearly) and in normal times it would have triggered his second disciplinary for sickness absence but as it was just around the time of lockdown they let it slide.
So now he is in pain, worried about losing his job, and depressed about both those things. We've been here before and this depression will last for weeks. He won't do anything about either the pain or the depression because 'what's the point, nothing will help, I've tried it all before', he will end up signed off sick for weeks or months, not helping his cause at work, and I will have to pick up all the slack, both practically in terms of housework, and emotionally in terms of supporting him. I try to be patient and understanding but it's just so damned frustrating!