I agree with you Tina opinions are essential in the forums.Passing Judgement however in any case is wrong for any reason unless as you have said,you have the experience yourself of the problem.Shelley I worked for many years with RSL home services doing exactly the same job as you and watching the veterans die of old age and broken spirits.My Grandfather went through the war and rose from private to Major after recieving every medal for bravery and valour in the royal army.I merely asked for advice here not some holier than thou passing judgement on my person.
I thank you all for your wisdom and understanding,Shelley on the other hand needs to get out and get some experience under her belt before passing judgement on me or anyone....
I think what ppl are overlooking is that she has SCHIZOPHRENIA not just BIPOLAR,when she had her first breakdown,she was no longer the woman I married she became a totally different person.
I don't look for sympathy here Abe but I think I should also tell you a;; that I have an ABI from a rta when I was 14 which in itself had already made my life a bit more difficult.I have accepted my disabilities (which are mainly physical) so this on top of that made a slightly awkward or bigger problem.I only married this lady because I got her pregnant and I felt it was the responsible thing to do.
My ex doesn't really have or want anything to do with my daughter,she sees her for 2 hrs a week at a supervised contact centre. Where I walk in one door drop off my daughter and she comes in the other door,I have no contact with my wife.I don't blame her for the illness and know it's not her fault but I just couldn't handle it anymore. I was SO close to a total nervous breakdown I had no choice but to walk out on her.
My wife had serious Bipolar schizophrenia,she had 7 breakdowns and about 40 ECTs (electro convulsive therapy) in 3 yrs.every time she had a breakdown and for the following yr her whole personality changed and she was a totally different person to the loving wonderful wife I married.how would you react to this?I need help here as I am very confused and there is a 3 yr old involved...
I got up at midnight to go to the loo and have a smoke and came online.I noticed ralf and red were still in the forums for crying out loud, doesn't anyone ever sleep around here?
Jason runs in snatches the last word off ralfs plate and runs out with it beep beep ...............................................................>>>>
Why do you ever want to put a permanent picture on your body (normally that you cant even see) I guess I'm just oldfashioned. I can't see the attraction of it or why you would put a picture on your body that would cost thousands of dollars to remove that most ppl wouldn't hang in thier lounge rooms? just m.o.p.
How would you feel if your partner had a serious mental illness?
I agree with you Tina opinions are essential in the forums.Passing Judgement however in any case is wrong for any reason unless as you have said,you have the experience yourself of the problem.Shelley I worked for many years with RSL home services doing exactly the same job as you and watching the veterans die of old age and broken spirits.My Grandfather went through the war and rose from private to Major after recieving every medal for bravery and valour in the royal army.I merely asked for advice here not some holier than thou passing judgement on my person.