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Lashes out at DH, what now...

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SuperBeeRecharged · 15/07/2015 16:36

First time posting here so thank you for reading.
I've been having issues in my marriage for about 2 years now. DH was getting distant and cold with me, but whenever i would try to talk to him about it, he'd say everythig is fine, our marriage is great, it's all in my head. Last year i got pregnant with our 3rd baby. The timing was difficult, he had a lot of stress at work and i felt like our marriage needed improvement before having another baby. The pregnancy was beautiful but my emotional state was at it's worse. I was so deeply depressed, i cried every day. Relationship was getting worse, lack of intimacy, lack of physical affection, lack of emotional support. We had some conversations about it, biggest one after the baby was born. He blamed everything on work and stress this time and some things on me, but said he will fix it. Nothing has changed and my anger and resentment just kept growing. Im having difficulty controling my emotions as a result, but felt that if I keep talking about it, we'll just have another fight, and if i keep it inside, it will eat me up. So yesterday i finally couldn't hold it in anymore and completely blew up on DH with my every thought and feeling, lots of it was said with sarcasm. I must add that all our serious conversations and fights take place via text mssgs, for some reason we can express ourselves better that way. He seemed to shot down after, came home very late and slept on the couch.
As bad as i feel for exploding on him like that, i feel very liberated and just plain good for getting it out of my system... Is that weird?
Where do i go from here. I feel like i need to apologize, but i feel like that will just take me to square one and it will be all my falt and nothing will get fixed.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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YellowTulips · 16/07/2015 17:00

Sometimes it's all about small steps not big leaps.

Once you have taken a first step the next one is not so hard and slowly you realise you can go the distance.

Thanks
Candlefairy101 · 16/07/2015 17:48

You've just described my life OP a year ago. And do you k ow what the problem was with us?... It was me Confused

I didn't realise with all my crying, all my resentment and anger that it in fact was mental health.i was having a breakdown and everything and every bad feeling I had I pour trade on my husband... At the time I was so sure it was him that was causing it all, I mean I really did have valid reasons and points, turns out I was making a mountain out of a mole hole . I know this now because I'm on antidepressants, it's taken a while but I finally see clearly.

All that anger and resentment I had has been lifted and I see clearly all the points and valid reasons I had at the time were generally life normal things.. I was pushing my husband further away and then complaint that he gave me no affection. We to had our rows over text message ( I thought this was weird I'm glad I found another couple that do this lol) because we hate rows, we hate shouting and seeing the effect it has on the other personSad

I'm not saying that all this is made up in your mind and blaming it on mental health but when you are feeling low, everything it so cloudy, you can not think straight and EVERYTHING is 10x worse x

Candlefairy101 · 16/07/2015 17:50

Also I let I was being emotional abused, I'm tearful reading your responses OP because your writing as me 1 year ago, this also started when I was pregnant and carried on after the baby, sorry for the long post but I'm gonna keep reading the rest of your posts Smile

YellowTulips · 16/07/2015 18:37

Candle - sorry to hear this.

However, the OP's situation pre-dates her pregnancy and on face value extremely unlikely to be related to her mental health.

Rather her husbands use of porn and emotional distancing is a key factor here.

SuperBeeRecharged · 16/07/2015 21:45

Thank you Candlefairy101 it is interesting to see it from a different perspective. I know that i have been depressed since the pregnancy, and i know that i have been pushing him away, but i also know that althou i may be slightly overreacting to some things, they are not at all normal marriage problems. And the more severe problemsbegan a year before my pregnancy. The depression has just intensified mu response to it. In a way, im almost glad i got depressed, otherwise id never have the gots to react and stand up for myself. Its like that frog story YellowTulips mentioned, it all slowly started to become normal, but if i compare year 10 to years 1-5, it is day and night.

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Candlefairy101 · 17/07/2015 17:03

How do you feel today superbee?

Feel better? X

SuperBeeRecharged · 18/07/2015 04:07

Candlefairy101, thank u for asking :) im feeling much better. We had another argument yesterday and i was shaking, today continued and we have come to an imoasse. He took zero responsibility for anything and said everything is bcs of me. It made my decision to no longer be his partner much easier. I feel at peace :)

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SuperBeeRecharged · 18/07/2015 04:08

^ we have come to an impasse i meant

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Candlefairy101 · 18/07/2015 07:31

Well done babe, you must feel a big weight off your shoulders, your probably be so much stronger than me lol we have a fiery intense love relationship, I've been with him since school and I think the reason we are so passionate is because I throw him out then I'll last about a day and ring him up and say come home I need you back hahaha, and even after one day being apart, we are like teenagers again Wink

SuperBeeRecharged · 18/07/2015 14:14

I understand it. Ive been with my DH since i was 15. It is a strange mix of emotions...

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