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My husband makes me feel so anxious

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Jipjones · 05/02/2012 22:22

I'm so confused and I'm not sure what the best thing is to do so I was hoping for some advice. My dh has been really stressed with work at the moment and is almost manic when he gets home, he asks questions ns then talks over the top of me when I try to respond and isn't interested in anything that is happening in my life. I was helping him do something on the computer and I really calmly true to point out that he wasn't even letting me answer before asking another question and he just flipped started pacing back and forth and shouting 'I'm really stressed why do you have to say anything i know alim talking fast just dont say anything' then he strted saying i was trying to wind him up then he stormed out. He gets angry so quickly at the smallest things and I feel he is picking on anything in order to be able tO shout at me. Then he makes out it's me and I am being a bitch. I am treading on eggshells all the time as he has a habit of punching walls when he is really wound up. most of yesterday he ignored me apart from the odd "stupid bitch" as he walked past.

I've tried to speak to him but he says other people actually listen and he can't speak to me. Apparently his best friend and his girlfriend are much better listeners and says I am the cause of it all. Whenever we try to talk it ends up with him saying what a bad wife I am and how I don't keep the house tidy enough or that I'm moody and if it wasnt for me he wouldn't be stressed at all.

I know this is all a bit jumbled, I'm not really thinking Clearly. Is it normal for someone to act this way when they are stressed? I don't really think its my fault but everything is blamed on me.

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neuroticmumof3 · 06/02/2012 18:10

Sounds more like abusive behaviour than a mental health issue to me. If it were MH he'd be equally manic whilst at work or anywhere else. If he saves it for when he's with you then it's abuse because he's choosing to behave in an aggressive and unpleasant manner.

Coconutty · 06/02/2012 18:12

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Onesunnymorningin2012 · 06/02/2012 20:27

Hello lovely, it's not normal to be frightened of your husband. I was frightened of my abusive ex-husband, and I have never once been frightened of my DH.

Are you getting any RL support?

LesserOfTwoWeevils · 07/02/2012 01:05

This is emotional abuse.
Please stop being so worried for him and worry about yourself.
If he were having a breakdown, he'd be this way with other people too and wouldn't just pick on you.
He's doing it because he can and because he thinks he's entitled to.

NapaCab · 07/02/2012 02:11

Get him off the weed - any guy I've ever known who regularly smoked weed (thankfully not close friends or partners so it didn't have an impact on me) was always on edge, paranoid and prone to violent outbursts. One friend put up with the kind of unstable behaviour you describe from a boyfriend who would start each day lighting up a joint. It ruined her college experience.

Weed isn't too bad in small doses, but if people use too much of it, it drives them a bit nuts. Also try and talk to him about his problems at work and why he's so stressed there (if you think he's worth the effort).

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