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to ask if anyone is up as I feel very anxious and sad

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tisrainingagain · 13/07/2014 02:08

Hi
I don't know if this is the done mumsnet thing but I posted this earlier on relationships, and really need some more perspective on it as I feel completely desperate and alone, dreading tomorrow with more stonewalling from dh and trying to keep cheerfulish in front of the kids. I can't do it any more Sad.

Am insanely jealous at the thought that he might have feelings for the "soup lady" or go off with her if we were to split ...

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AgentZigzag · 13/07/2014 22:07

How did the day pan out in the end tisraining?

Is he still playing silly buggers?

tisrainingagain · 14/07/2014 10:49

Thanks for asking agent. He is still hardly talking to me which gives me a permanent debilitating knot in my stomach. Feel like saying that I really need to be in a relationship where there is communication and affection but he is very difficult to talk to and I am sure that we both massively project our ishoos on to each other.

If we were able to talk to each other I could then express my jealousy / insecurity about him going to make soup with another woman Envy. I have no idea what the intention was behind it and am projecting all kinds of things on to that as well, including did they eat it together (by candlelight) after it had been made.

He went off in his van this morning after having had a shower and not looking as work like as he normally would (he does renovations etc...) but with a nicer shirt on so am now wondering where he was going and if it had anything to do with the soup woman Confused or something else.

It's all a mess basically. I have so much to sort out round the house and in my life and one of the reasons h is so tight lipped with me is that he feels neglected house wise, that I don't take care of him. However I can't sort anything out as I feel so anxious, trapped and silenced.

The thing we have been talking about is the OCD crisis our dd1 (who is 10 is going through). Over a period of a few weeks she has gone from being a bit more concerned than normal about bugs and bacteria etc, to definitely having OCD (hopefully temporarily) which is getting steadily worse (I think I linked to a thread about it in one of my posts). She is at school today but I rang children's A & E where I spoke to an amazingly kind doctor who then rang an amazingly nice nurse from the CAMHS unit closest to that hospital. The nurse is in the process of making my daughter's referral over the phone to the CAMHS nearest to us where she can apparently be seen as an urgent referral over the next few days which is good. Both the doctor and the nurse were very helpful and caring.

In the context of my dd's current problems, I am wondering if she is expressing the unsaid in our family life. All that is not said between h and I, the basic emotional strangulation that I feel. Of course OCD can afflict anyone with even the happiest of parents, but it is still a thought...

I am also wondering whether it is any coincidence or not that my h's soup woman is a psychotherapist (practicing and teaching and quite high flying from what I gather Envy). He certainly has issues from his childhood (or maybe he just can't stand me) and maybe she is who he needs? Maybe the universe is unfolding as it should?

I do know though that I cannot continue existing in this state of loneliness and emotional pain. I had moved out of our room (which I do when I feel super offended by some of the things h says which happens every few weeks and with great regularity) over the recent arguments with h (where he shouted at me not to say stupid things on one occasion over something trivial, told me "not to do my cuckoo" thing in relation to my daughter when I first tried to talk to him about it but obviously now it has got so bad that he too is really on board with the fact that she needs help and is really worried about her, told me he thought I was lazy (more paralyzed into inaction). At some stage I normally go back to our bed (which is a lot more comfortable than the pull out bed downstairs!) but this soup incident has really made me feel like I can't.

Sorry for the essay and I bet you regret asking how things are going!!!

Thanks to anyone who has read this far!

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tisrainingagain · 14/07/2014 10:57

(Yesterday went ok in the sense that I got through it and spent some of it out with my ds when we drove my Dad to the station).

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Lweji · 14/07/2014 13:54

In the context of my dd's current problems, I am wondering if she is expressing the unsaid in our family life. All that is not said between h and I, the basic emotional strangulation that I feel. Of course OCD can afflict anyone with even the happiest of parents, but it is still a thought...

It could be. :(

Children are very sensitive to the moods at home.
That is why it is often said here that children need happy parents, not necessarily both parents in the same house.

AgentZigzag · 14/07/2014 17:40

It's crap he's still being like that tisraining, and going on the knot you've got in your stomach you're pretty stressed out about it.

OCD rituals getting noticeably worse can be a good indicator of the levels of anxiety someone's experiencing. Has your DD said why she thinks they might be getting worse? It's possible she doesn't know why, and if she does them regularly throughout the day anyway she might not have even noticed they've increased, it can be a bit like biting your nails in that respect.

She could be picking up on what's going on (and to be fair, OCD anxiety can be triggered by bizarre and random things as much as seemingly obvious reasons), but even if she is that's hardly your fault, you're not the one sulking for days on end! Try not to feel guilty that you're causing your DD to be ill (is that your DH putting that in your head?) if she's got OCD it's going to affect her behaviour whatever you do. I hope CAMHS can help out and you can find the strength to leave this man.

WineAndChocolateyummy · 14/07/2014 18:12

It sounds like you are all in a pretty horrible place right now. Being unhappy is horrible and hard work to keep functioning and keeping up the being happy pretence. Do you love him and do you want to stay together? If the answer is yes, ask him the same question. Speaking is hard when you are hurting - can you each write down what you could each do to make things easier. Do one thing a day - tidy the kitchen or a hug or whatever you each need to feel like the other is taking your relationship seriously. My DH would be hurt beyond belief if I slept elsewhere after an argument. Maybe yours is feeling very rejected and lashing out as he is hurt.

Hope all goes well with your DD and it all passes.

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