Hi all,
My husband is quite an aloof character, he would do anything for anyone but really struggles to talk about his feelings. He has suffered depression for many years and at the moment isn't taking any medication.
Lately I have noticed him becoming increasingly disinterested in everything really. I was trying to help him with something last night and he put obstacles in the way. When I tried calmly to explain the reasons why something couldn't happen the way he expected he just said he didn't want to hear anyway.
When people interrupt him in conversation, he really can't tolerate it. A couple of weeks back, he did this very thing to a mutual friend. The friend eventually had enough and commented to my husband that he was finding it hard to have a conversation due to being interrupted. Since that day, he cannot see he was doing wrong. He keeps saying this friend had no right to patronise him and how rude he was. I don't agree, I think the friend had every right to say something.
Today I had a small accident, fell and injured myself. Thankfully not seriously but painful for sure. I text my husband to tell him. Everyone else around me constantly asked if I was OK. His reaction on text was to call me clumsy. Then said nothing broken then so not serious. At no point did he ask if I was ok. I did mention this during this evening and he couldn't see the big deal.
Given the examples above I'm finding it more and more difficult to deal with as there seems to be no sense of reality or other people. If anyone has any advice or comments I'm open to hear them!
Thank you
