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What is the point?

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PlaydoughBarbershop · 20/06/2024 21:27

I don't even know why I am writing here. I have no real friends and don't want to talk to my family about how I am feeling, but I am so depressed, lonely and feeling totally worthless in life. I have no right to feel this way. I have a husband and 2 healthy children, a lovely home, a great job. But I feel like everyday is just another day of existence. My husband has gone on a health kick recently and become judgemental in a passive aggressive type of manner. I have let myself go so much but have lost all sense of purpose in even trying to make an effort. My children are typical teens and switch between kind and funny to moody and disrespectful. I have started to drink most nights as a way to numb this overwhelming sense of worthlessness. It numbs the awful thoughts and makes me feel.confident, until the next day... Nobody would ever know how I feel as I have put on a mask for so many years and now I just feel so alone. I cry most days when I'm alone and HATE myself for not being the positive, healthy, pretty wife I was 15 years ago. I have just snapped at my Husband for rolling his eyes at me and have had to drive to a nearby park to sit alone and have a good cry. I can't carry on like this anymore. I don't see the point in feeling miserable and making everyone around me tread on eggshells. So sorry for the long post. I just needed an outlet from anyone who may be here

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sugarisbad · 20/06/2024 21:31

Sweetheart ....I bet your husband isn't the young buck he was when you met .
You are amazing !...never forget that .
Find one small thing you like to do -walking a dog /eating a scone /chatting to friends and be kind to yourself ❤️

sugarisbad · 20/06/2024 21:35

Oh and no judgement re wine -it's mothers medicine -just see it as a temporary thing and scale it back -you will feel better I promise .
It's not really medicine -it's poison but you have to go through some time /processes to realise this xx

PlaydoughBarbershop · 20/06/2024 22:26

He really is living his best life right now. Super healthy, toned, tanned, tee-total. We have been together since our teens and I am not even embarrassed to say I was so attractive and he was so proud of me, always complimenting me. Now he is this picture of health man in his mid 30s and I'm his chubby, unhealthy, unmotivated mess who chooses to drink to make herself feel better, whilst he does weights in the gym. Some days I just question if this is my life from now on? The ugly wife he is likely ashamed of. I suffer from crippling anxiety as it is, and he is such a social person, so he has just stopped inviting me to any events now, as he knows I will make any excuse to stay at home in my safe space with a bottle of wine. I can't break this habit and it is terrifying me!

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AFmammaG · 21/06/2024 14:53

I think most people can relate to your post OP. You husband didn’t carry and birth 2 kids did he? Are you able to get a GP appointment to talk about how depressed you are feeling? Can you get a plan together to decide what to tackle first? One small change at a time will really add up.

PlaydoughBarbershop · 21/06/2024 19:11

I am already on high dose medication for social anxiety. He had pulled me up today and told me that I need to change. I completely agree but it hurt my heart so much to see him so shallow. I asked him 3 times if he could think of a compliment and he just stood there... I am now in tears again. Just want to go back to 10 years ago and shake myself. But the lack of support and sense of entitlement from him makes me see red. I can't put into words how much I am hurting. Need a drink now more than ever

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SheddingCat · 23/06/2024 18:11

Your last posts sheds quite a bit of light on why you feel the way you feel.

Your problem is your ‘D’H i think. Has he always been a selfish entitled knob?

Why has he rolled his eyes at you? Is this quite common, for him to dismiss and ignore you like that?

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