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I just told my husband I was suicidal and he pretended I didn’t say anything

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Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 20:31

i don’t what to do, I have been depressed for years. In covid we were forced to move because of house prices. I gave up my job I loved, my community and we had to move very far away. I’ve suffered health issues and as much as I’ve tried to find community and work here I haven’t been able to. I’ve become a shell of a person in the past three years.

I haven’t been sleeping waking up at 2-3pm most nights in tears wishing I wasn’t here anymore can’t get back to sleep. I’ve been contemplating ending it, searching google for the least painful way.

when I told my husband this this morning that I couldn’t cope anymore and I was feeling suicidal and I think moving back to where we came from might help fix it, he pretended like he didn’t hear me even though he was looking straight at me.

I don’t know what to do anymore? I just don’t know what to do?

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WiseUpJanetWeiss · 25/01/2023 20:36

How horrible of him OP. You sound lovely and deserve better.

Please, please hang in there. There will be a way to improve things.

AllAboutMargot · 25/01/2023 20:39

Call Samaritans.

category12 · 25/01/2023 20:41

Can you move back? Even if you rent or downsize, if you have community and work where you were, it would probably be worth it?

Sorry your husband is unsympathetic. Please do speak to your GP and the Samaritans about how you're feeling.

Wolfiefan · 25/01/2023 20:42

Have you spoken to your Gp? Are you on any medication or other treatment?

ImaniMumsnet · 25/01/2023 20:44

Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way.
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Jojo19834 · 25/01/2023 20:46

Please speak to the Samaritans as suggested, I cannot imagine how you are feeling after someone you eventually confided in blanked you, but look forward. There is a future, if you are happy with things, you say location etc. leave, go where you are happy. But please speak to your gp as well, there are options other than what you are googling

Beercrispsandnuts · 25/01/2023 20:49

I mean this gently, but is moving back a possibility? He may give not said anything as he didn’t know what to say, some people can struggle with something so serious especially if moving isn’t feasible

Hillrunning · 25/01/2023 20:53

Well done for raising it. Only you know him well enough to know if hid silence was in m shock or just apathy. Was has he said and done since?

Slobbet · 25/01/2023 20:55

Have you got family back home you can stay with?

bonzaitree · 25/01/2023 20:59

I’m sorry you’re feeling this way OP.

Many of us have been there and got through it.

Please go and see your doctor first thing. Or go to A&E this evening, if you can’t wait. 111 are another good resource.

Making a plan to commit suicide is a medical emergency and there are resources out there to help. Ask your OH or someone else if they can help you access these?

Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:20

We made a verbal deal before we left that if our family was miserable after a year we could move back. After a year I brought it up and he reneged

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Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:20

No and I have children so I am stuck.

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Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:22

Still acting like nothing’s happened he doesn’t give a s$&t.

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RoaRoaRasputin · 25/01/2023 21:23

How old are they? Move anyway. Not worth feeling this low.

MichelleScarn · 25/01/2023 21:23

Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:20

We made a verbal deal before we left that if our family was miserable after a year we could move back. After a year I brought it up and he reneged

I do feel for you OP, but was the move agreed if everyone was unhappy or anyone of you?

How old are your children, are they settled?

Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:26

There is no future. I made the mistake of sacrificing career to take care of children. I can’t support even myself with the jobs I could get with house prices as they are

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Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:28

I’ve been seeing someone. They don’t help unfortunately.

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Agapornis · 25/01/2023 21:36

Move back, without him. A supportive community is so much more important than a shit husband.

Sasha07 · 25/01/2023 21:37

Breaks my heart reading posts like this. My advice would be little steps. What can you do today (tomorrow) to help yourself. I was you all of last year. This is why I'm saying what I'm going to say.

How logical is it to move back? Would staying with family there (if there's space) for a week or two be feasible? Just to get some mental headspace in a place you're missing. Could also be used as an opportunity to see if there's any places to move to if DH agrees...

I'd personally forget about your DH being a knight in shining armour, doesn't mean he's a shitty person, some people just don't say anything when they don't know what to say. Speak to him again when you feel up to it, break it down to him how much you've changed etc and what you need. It might take him a while to fully digest it, some people get stuck in their ways, their own routines. Either way, nothing is going to happen immediately so this is where the other stuff comes in to it....

So far, you've only fed your mind negative energy. Not intentionally but clearly you're in a bad mental loop. Take some time to sit, find a mindfulness meditation video on YouTube and have a minute, it doesn't take long, just one minute to speak to yourself with some positivity. Imagine how you'd feel if you got the things you want/remember how you felt when things were great for you. Put yourself into that moment. Even if you were in a long lost dark, dingy jail somewhere, the power of imagination is massive. You need to be in survival mode now, you need to be your own hero. Let your mind and body soak in the positive energy. That's all you need to do. Just give yourself a minute daily to break the cycle of misery. No matter how silly you might feel.

If you ever did commit suicide, you will never get the opportunity to 'live' again. Imagine how much can change in one month/one year. You matter, your life is precious, please do not give up on it for a temporary page in your life. There is so much more to it than your daily lifestyle.

Not sure on your health issues, would yoga help? If it's mental, yoga can also take you away from the real world for twenty minutes. When my insomnia was bad, in my yoga class, we'd lie with a weighted eye mask on at the end and I slept every single time 🙈 the yoga helped to relax my body and distract my mind. Perhaps try a weighted eye mask and a meditation podcast thing with earphones in when you wake up through night? The lack of sleep will definitely be having a massive negative impact on you. Atleast it did with me. If your health issues are physical, speak to the doctor and see what can be done. I find (yoga again also, sorry to bang on about the benefits of it) making myself a green tea in the morning and focusing on what I need in that moment helps calibrate myself for the day. Taking vitamins and making smoothies etc, the placebo effect made me feel instantly better.

Sorry for the long post, you asked what can you do. Well, you do you. You spend time healing for the moment. You plan what you can do today to make yourself a little happier. You plan for the future but make now important too. You fix your sleep routine. Try different methods that help you to not instantly think negatively as soon as your eyes open. Love for today and plan for tomorrow, as corny as that sounds. You deserve to live a good life. You are the one who can save yourself. From one who was suicidal and day dreaming constantly of getting on a train and disappearing, I'm speaking to you from the heart, look after yourself. It gets better when we make decide to make it better ❤️

Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:48

I can’t remember but we are all unhappy except him. My kids would move back in a heartbeat. It’s been tough for them. They are making a few friends now but say it’s not the same and they want to go home.

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Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 21:50

I don’t have the means to support myself. I put my kids and my husband before my career and am paying for it now.

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Jazzhands7 · 25/01/2023 22:01

I will try thanks.

I keep trying to make plans to move things forward but keep getting blocked at every turn. I feel trapped and that I have no control of my life.

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felulageller · 25/01/2023 22:02

Move back. He sounds emotionally abusive which is likely to be contributing to your I'll health.

Always4Brenner · 25/01/2023 22:06

Hugs please make plans to move back this will give something to focus 0n hugs handhold.

Amuseaboosh · 25/01/2023 22:11

Sasha07 · 25/01/2023 21:37

Breaks my heart reading posts like this. My advice would be little steps. What can you do today (tomorrow) to help yourself. I was you all of last year. This is why I'm saying what I'm going to say.

How logical is it to move back? Would staying with family there (if there's space) for a week or two be feasible? Just to get some mental headspace in a place you're missing. Could also be used as an opportunity to see if there's any places to move to if DH agrees...

I'd personally forget about your DH being a knight in shining armour, doesn't mean he's a shitty person, some people just don't say anything when they don't know what to say. Speak to him again when you feel up to it, break it down to him how much you've changed etc and what you need. It might take him a while to fully digest it, some people get stuck in their ways, their own routines. Either way, nothing is going to happen immediately so this is where the other stuff comes in to it....

So far, you've only fed your mind negative energy. Not intentionally but clearly you're in a bad mental loop. Take some time to sit, find a mindfulness meditation video on YouTube and have a minute, it doesn't take long, just one minute to speak to yourself with some positivity. Imagine how you'd feel if you got the things you want/remember how you felt when things were great for you. Put yourself into that moment. Even if you were in a long lost dark, dingy jail somewhere, the power of imagination is massive. You need to be in survival mode now, you need to be your own hero. Let your mind and body soak in the positive energy. That's all you need to do. Just give yourself a minute daily to break the cycle of misery. No matter how silly you might feel.

If you ever did commit suicide, you will never get the opportunity to 'live' again. Imagine how much can change in one month/one year. You matter, your life is precious, please do not give up on it for a temporary page in your life. There is so much more to it than your daily lifestyle.

Not sure on your health issues, would yoga help? If it's mental, yoga can also take you away from the real world for twenty minutes. When my insomnia was bad, in my yoga class, we'd lie with a weighted eye mask on at the end and I slept every single time 🙈 the yoga helped to relax my body and distract my mind. Perhaps try a weighted eye mask and a meditation podcast thing with earphones in when you wake up through night? The lack of sleep will definitely be having a massive negative impact on you. Atleast it did with me. If your health issues are physical, speak to the doctor and see what can be done. I find (yoga again also, sorry to bang on about the benefits of it) making myself a green tea in the morning and focusing on what I need in that moment helps calibrate myself for the day. Taking vitamins and making smoothies etc, the placebo effect made me feel instantly better.

Sorry for the long post, you asked what can you do. Well, you do you. You spend time healing for the moment. You plan what you can do today to make yourself a little happier. You plan for the future but make now important too. You fix your sleep routine. Try different methods that help you to not instantly think negatively as soon as your eyes open. Love for today and plan for tomorrow, as corny as that sounds. You deserve to live a good life. You are the one who can save yourself. From one who was suicidal and day dreaming constantly of getting on a train and disappearing, I'm speaking to you from the heart, look after yourself. It gets better when we make decide to make it better ❤️

This is one of the most insightful and compassionate posts I've ever read on MN. Thank you for sharing ❤️