Concerned about my wife

[Ellermc]

Hello, this is my first post on here.
I am slightly concerned about my partner and her mental health. We have a child who is almost 3, my partner has less interest in him and seems less motivated and is cutting off relationships. I am not sure where to turn to or who to ask for advice

Hello, have you spoken to your wife to ask her how she feels? If she acknowledges that she is struggling then maybe you could ask her if she would make an appointment to see her GP? It’s important that she feels that you are concerned about her rather than being critical about her behaviour.

Obviously not concerned enough to come back on the thread OP 🤷

Hi, I’m sorry for the delay in replying.
I am very concerned, but I think that the GP has to be a self referral it is not something I can push.
To elaborate further, over the last 6 months if a small thing has arisen with one of our friends my wife has said, that’s enough I don’t want to see them again they are toxic, it is hard as I get along with them all very well and small things or differences of opinion will happen. My wife never wants to see my family again and is putting pressure on me to become estranged from them. Furthermore she is not happy with her own mum and does not like any criticism from her mum and announced she wants to reduce contact, I find that hard as she looks after our son one day a week, she is older and is really good to us, it frustrates me that she is being treated like this.
Over the last 6 months my wife has self diagnosed our son as autistic and does not engage with him as much, he gets up at 6 am every morning and I always get up and play with him, this is no problem at all and I really enjoy it but as a result he is more bonded with me. We play until 9 when I need to go to work and often my wife is still in bed. Happy to elaborate more, in short I don’t know what to suggest

What does she say when you ask her how she is feeling?

occasionally she feels low but this only tends to be for a day. Other times she is convinced she is right and that our friends shouldn’t be part of our life