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Warning:this is a very long post. Very depressed

By kristi Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Hi, I hope everyone is doing good :). I'm not diagnosed with anything but I know i'm depressed and may have other mental problems. My mother thought I had ADD as a child but never got it checked out and now as an adult my mother, sister-in-law and husband think I have it and I think I might after reading symptoms on it plus I have symptoms of general and social anxiety. Anyway to tell my story, when I was 16 I tried to commit suicide which was a horrible experience for me, hospitalized with liquid charcoal being forced down me, then a day and night in the psychiatric hospital. Don't know why I tried to commit, just didn't want to do school work which I was in home schooling. Tried to commit again when I was 19, that story is too stupid to tell though. I got married at 19, had 2 kids and divorced him 4 yrs later cause he was mean to the kids, couldn't hold a job and we had only had our own place for 2 months out of the 4 years. The kids were 1 and 2 years old when we got divorced, he had supervised visitation at my parents house and only showed up for the first visitation and the kids never heard from him again. A month before the divorce I had met my current husband who told me lie after lie from the moment we met which I didn't know at the time. He told me his grandparents raised him in Texas on a ranch that they left to him when they died and when I mentioned that we should move there he told me that he couldn't pay the back taxes on it so he let it go, found out that was all lie. My first night staying with him at his house, which was the night he proposed to me (he was married but seperated), we layed on the bed talking all night, he cried real tears telling me he missed his daughter who lives overseas and how she needed money once and he had to due without electric because he sent that money to take care of her, I had found a picture of a little girl and asked who she was and he said that was his daughter he was telling me about... well later on we had went to his step-sisters house and I saw a big picture of that little girl on her wall so I asked her who she was, she said that was her daughter, so I told her what I was told and she laughed and said he owes her for back child support then. He also told me he had been in prison for murder and had a pretend conversation on the phone with an inmate. He also told me he can't have kids (after he was caught in his lie about having a daughter) and I ended up pregnant even though we used protection which I wonder if he poked holes in them. I told him that if we weren't married before the baby was born that she would have my maiden name, he went and got his divorce and we got married 1 month before she was born (we had been together for 2 years before he got his divorce), he had excuses not to get his divorce, he didn't know where she was at, she refused to sign the papers, etc and then tells me years later that the reason it took him so long to get his divorce was because he wasn't sure if he wanted to marry me and he came home one day and suggested a name for our daughter, he said how about elaine after your middle name, I was very upset because we had been together for 2 years and he didn't know my middle names (I have 2) but can tell me his ex-girlfriends' middle names, which he told me he can remember theirs because they only have 1 and I have too many for him to remember. He makes jokes about me and others to make other people laugh. I'm not into anal sex but he keeps trying anyway and even told me once that if I loved him I would just deal with the pain for him and that I would get used to it and I see it the other way around that if he loves me he wouldn't put me through it, he is soo obsessed with it that I wonder if he's bi. Before we moved here we were having problems, I was talking to a guy in an online game that I was playing, his father was in the hospital and he was who was taking me to take the trash to the landfill, the trash got soo piled up in the kitchen that gnats were so bad that the kids were going outside to eat and I can't drive (was never taught and very afraid to learn, I got my permit years ago and his father tried to teach me but I almost got in an accident and that was the last time I got behind a wheel) and one day he called on his way home from seeing his dad in the hospital and I told him if he'd have came home earlier he could have got rid of the trash, at the time I didn't know he got upset with me for saying that, we had moved to here a couple weeks after I told him that and I got so frustrated with him after a week of him ignoring me, the whole first week after moving in this house that finally I blew up at him and he let me know he's been cheating with a girl he's been in love with since he was a teen and we had went outside to talk and he made me shut up and listen to him, well he put all the blame on me about the reason for our marriage not working out and threw in my face about what I told him about the trash instead of asking if he was ok, that his girlfriend cares more about him than I do cause she called him daily asking him if he was ok since his father was in the hospital, I had asked daily how his father was doing but when I brought up the trash I was concerned about the kids living in that crap and worried about them getting taken away if someone was to see it and call cps. That was a year ago and I just keep getting more and more depressed since we moved here. I hate this house, his mother has been making payments on it for years, now we give her the money to pay the bank.... when we first moved in there wasn't a bathroom wall, which is in the hallway and it was all just open, I put up a sheet to seperate the hallway and bathroom so people can have privacy, it was like that for 8 months before he finally put a wall up, which now has been up for 6 months and he never finished it, i'm worried about someone falling through the kitchen floor, there's a part in between the sink and fridge that sinks down when stepped on and you can see down to the ground in a corner of it, he says it won't fall through. There's drywall put up in front of the bathtub that covers the pipes that I wanted him to redo because from the bottom of it and part of the way up it's molded, he cut out a square and checked to see if the pipes were leaking and just put the piece back in and it falls out all the time, this place is very hard to keep clean, pieces of the linoleum is coming up which makes it hard to sweep and mop plus no closets makes it hard to put things away, there's only 1 closet which is in the girls room that my mother also shares with them and I want to throw everything away cause there's no room for it here, oh and when we split up a yr ago he said it will be our daughter's choice (we had split up years ago and he took her with him) of who she wants to live with and he said we'll talk to her together but while me, my mother and 2 kids were packing up getting ready to leave he informed me that he talked to our daughter and she chose to stay with him, well I couldn't leave without her so I chose to stay here and moved from our room to the empty room, then 3 days later he went in there and talked to me and said that he'll stop having anything to do with that girlfriend of his if i'll get back with him, so I did and a couple weeks later I found out through facebook who she was, which was a name he had mentioned to me like a week after we 'started over on our marriage' that he got a text from and told me it was from a guy he used to work with before we moved, after figuring out he was still talking to her I texted him and asked him if he was and that if he lied to me I would know, he called about an hr later and told me he was and that he had been ignoring her txt msgs for a week now, I asked him why he was still talking to her and he said he didn't know and I told him that if he wants her then go get her and he swore he wanted to be with me so I asked him if he can start being honest with me and he said yes... he still lies all the time yet complains I only changed for a little while, I had started taking a shower with him every night and since that stopped he says I went back to my old ways, but I cook every night and clean every day where before I didn't. He makes me feel guilty if I miss any days, starts complaining about the house and cleans it himself, he makes remarks to make me feel like i'm stupid, just last week my oldest daughter had a math problem, if a can of soup costs $2 and you have $10 how many cans can you buy? well, he asked me and then told my daughter "see mommy can even do it and she's no good with math." I never know how much money we have and I had quit asking a couple years ago cause the answer i'd get was 'not much', last week he spent 1k on bills and I don't know how he had that much since his checks are 600 something every week (salary gross income is 900, 100 comes out of his check every week cause he borrowed 3k from his boss to buy his motorcycle), we get shutoff notices on bills before he'll pay them and blames me and my mother if the electric bill is high. He told me years ago that he works for the money so it makes it his not ours and ever since then I call it his money not ours, I would ask him how much money he has instead of we have. He's pounded it in my head that he didn't give free rides to nobody and if I don't clean when I don't feel good (which the c-section I had when our daughter was born really messed me up, I have very painful monthlys) he says he goes to work when he's sick or in pain or don't feel good. He tells me any woman would love to be in my shoes because i've got it made, that i'm spoiled and one time I told him I was stressed out and he got mad and said I have nothing to be stressed out about and he has plenty to be stressed. Any of my opinions he thinks are stupid and thinks I have a messed up way of viewing life and thinks since i'm not a sex freak like him that I was raised messed up. Over the summer my daughters spent time with my mother-in-law, well our daughter went camping with her, a couple weeks after she got back she told me that her grandma wants to buy for only her and not the other 2 kids because she's blood to her and the other 2 aren't and also my other daughter told me that my hubby's sister told her she's not allowed to stay the night over there anymore, I was quite upset and when my hubby got home the next morning (he was working nights, which wasn't his normal shift) I told him about it and told him that Becky (his step-daughter) said she doesn't want anything from his mother anymore and he told me she should take all she can get, that upset me and I told him well he has a different way of life than what I do and that I don't blame her and that Ryan ( his step-son) and I don't want anything else from her either and that includes the stove (I don't have a stove and she gave me her old stove back in may that my hubby never brought home because he has to run another outlet), he said he'll talk to his mother after he's back on days, well I heard more that my mother in law had said, my brother's girlfriend told me that she had ran into her at walmart and she had told her that she's buying for Sarah (her blood granddaughter) for school and that the other 2 kids' real daddy can buy for them, she's been in my kids lives since they were 1 and 2 years old, they didn't even know about their real father until 3 years ago and they haven't seen a penny from their father... well 2 weeks of all this eating at me, to make it worse I tried to talk to my hubby about this stuff only to get yelled at that I started keeping it to myself until I felt I had to do something so I messeged her on facebook and pretty much blew up at her, I had also messeged his sister. The next day my hubby and I were talking, we were talking about childhood and how our childhood effects our lives, he told me that childhood does not make us who we are today that as an adult we chose how to think and act, I was talking about my anxiety and he thinks I can control it, I believe it's anxiety cause with confrontation I started shaking, I get butterflies in my stomache, my heart pounds, everything feels unreal and blurred, but anyway he basically told me I need to learn to ignore what people say, ignore my feelings and that I can control my anxiety if that's what it is, then rolled over on the couch to take a nap so I decided to check to see if his sister replied to my msg and she told me that her mother has been nothing but good to my kids and I constantly throw favortism in her mothers face ( I have never told her she shows favortism so how do I throw favortism in her face is beyond me) and that she didn't expect to go places with her steps when their family picked them up, that i'm causing drama, etc well I couldn't handle it anymore, I wrote on a piece of paper that i'm soo tired of living and handed it to my mother on my way to my bedroom and she went in there to talk to me, which she made it worse telling me the only reason why she's still living is because of me and my kids (she has copd and chf and she lives here with me for me to take care of her), so I left the room, doing dishes in tears and hubby gets up and I told him i'm done, he asked with what and I said everything and showed him his sisters reply and came back in the kitchen asking what I was done with and I wouldn't talk so my mom talked to him and I turned around and told him he can have sarah and i'll take the other 2 and leave and he said ok if that's what you want, my mom told him I need to see a councelor and she was trying to get me to open my mouth to take one of her antidepressants but I refused, I won't take prescription unless it's my own and my hubby told me I can go to a councelor but I won't because it's his money and he's told me that they are a waste of money and they don't help. Suicide is on my mind daily since that day but I won't commit, I just want to die in my sleep or something but not by suicide. He did finally talk to his mother, they turned it all around on my brother's girlfriend, they said she told them that we force becky to go over there so she'll buy stuff for her, which we dont. His mother never said if she did or didn't say the things I were told and I feel I can't trust anyone anymore cause all people do is lie and play head games with me. I haven't had friends in 11 years cause when I thought I had made a friend she found out I was with my hubby which was a childhood friend and she told me if she knew I was with him she'd of started coming over sooner and started asking for rides from him and even came at midnight wanting a ride and he jumped out of bed to take her and before he left he was in the mood for sex but when he got back he wasn't anymore. My life just seems so screwed up and I don't know how much more I can take.

10/25/11 9:02pm

Hi Kristi,

I'm glad you left the post up this time. I'm sure it was hard to write, but I hope it feels a bit better to get it out. I think that perhaps you should go to a councellor - your husband did seem to agree to let you go, from what you said, and I know it is hard when people then complain about it being a waste of time and money, but you do need it... (I know what it is like for someone to seemingly say yes to something and then turn it around on you - I was allowed a dog for my 21st after years of begging. All my family did after that was complain about the destruction he did, which I don't think was too bad for a border collie puppy, and that I wasn't walking him enough. I walked him every day at least once, sometimes twice if I could drag myself out of bed early enough, but I was having a tough time mentally so it was hard... it was never enough. I still, however, think you should speak to someone because you need it, even though your husband might make it a bit hard for you).

 

I'm glad you didnt' take your mum's antidepressant - you're right in that you should only take ones that are prescribed for you. But you need to see a doctor first for them to decide if and what you need.

 

It does sound like you have a lot of stress in your life, and that will of course make you anxious. I believe that until you talk with someone, unfortunately, nothing much will improve though. I really hope you do get some help, and in the meantime keep sharing with us. (Oh, and congratulations for facing up to your fear and rewriting this post and keeping it here. Not a small thing to do - very brave)

10/26/11 11:42am

Hi LyraStorm,

Thank you for caring, I reread my post I hope you were able to understand it, I noticed I ran things together and made it difficult to read, I was in a hurry to write so I could get the house cleaned up before he got home and I didn't want him reading over my shoulder. I really don't want to spend his money, especially not that much money, i'd get the blame if he starts struggling with money. I even feel guilty about buying a $13 pair of houseshoes last week. One thing I forgot to mention is that with all the work this house needs he's going to buy a camper with income tax to use to go hunting with with his work buddies, 2 years ago he bought a boat for 3k with the income tax and we don't even have a family vehichle and he won't get one cause he uses a company truck and says we don't need one cause of that.... he does not believe he can ever lose his job for any reason but we'll have no form of transpotation if he ever were to lose his job. This friday morning i'm getting dropped off at his mother's house, saturday me, my hubbys brother and sister-in-law are throwing a halloween party which was my idea cause my daughter was begging for me to throw one at home but there just isn't room here to have one so I talked to my sister-in-law about it and asked her to talk to our mother-in-law about us throwing one there (her and her hubby are living with my mother in law right now), I have not been to her house since before the conflict and I kind of feel uncomfortable about going over there, we're staying the weekend there she only lives 20 min away, i'm only doing this for my kids. Oh and last week my brother's girlfriend told me that my mother in law had also said that she doesn't think it's right that my hubby has to buy for my other 2 kids, my brother's girlfriend lies alot also, they lived with us for 2 years and she caused alot of problems for me and told me herself that she can twist things to make it look like she's right which I didn't need her to tell me that considering i've seen her try to do that to both me and my hubby which worked on him... so, if my mother in law brings up the conflict I decided i'm going to play head games back on them, it's been done to me enough that I know a little of how to, going to tell her that I don't think it's right that her son has to buy for my kids and see what her response is, if she doesn't say anything, flushes or agrees with me then i'll know that she probably did say it, if she disagrees then she either never said it or just telling me what she thinks I want to hear, I think that's how it works anyway, I may even decide it to be pointless and not say anything..... too much thinking, I don't see how liars and head gamers can keep their sanity. Anyway, wish me luck for the weekend i'll need it :) and I hope you have a great rest of the week and weekend!!

10/26/11 9:54pm

Hi Kristi,

Yes, indeed, good luck for the weekend. It's very nice of you to do this for your kids, despite how hard it is for you, and I hope the rest of your family put in an effort too, if only for the kids' sake.

 

I think what you feel that you need is some level of independence. Working might not be possible, but is there anything in your life that you can have full control over? Even if it is just a hobby? Some you time, where no one else is interfering? Sounds like it might be a nice start...

 

I know here in Australia there are places you can go to get free help... I'm not sure what is available where you are, but perhaps you could look online for government funded help that has nothing to do with medicaid (I think that is what you called what you weren't able to get)... just a thought, if you are really unwilling to use your husband's money.

 

Anyway, good luck again and I hope to hear more from you soon.

Merely Me, Health Guide
10/25/11 9:54pm

Hi Kristi

 

I too am glad you wrote again to tell your story and share what is going on in your life.  You certainly have been through a lot.  I wish I had some magical words to make everything okay for you but this is your life and your journey and ultimately you call the shots.  If you were to choose one thing in your life that you want to change right now what would it be? 

 

I agree with Lyra...it was a wise decision to not take someone else's prescription pills.  But you may want to take your husband up on seeing a counselor or therapist.  It sounds like he is truly offering this as an option and...there is a possibility that it could help.  You would have to be open to the idea however...to make it work. 

 

We want you to stay.  I am so sorry you are feeling so bad that you have thoughts of suicide.  I really think that if your depression is this extreme that it is time to accept some help from a therapist or counselor.  Will you think about it?

 

Let us know if you need any links or phone numbers to hotlines.  There are people out there who can help. 

 

Thank you for writing this post and for reaching out.  This was an excellent first step.  Let us know how you are doing in the days and weeks to come. 

10/26/11 12:01pm

Hi Merely Me,

Thank you for your reply. The only thing I can think of that I would want to change at the moment, without leaving my husband, would be to move out of this house and county. My husband grew up here and it's where I had met him and when we moved away from here 11 years ago I swore i'd never live here again, well swore i'd never live in Blytheville again which is only 20 min away. Since we moved back here everyone who knows my hubby from here has been adding my hubby on facebook most of them are females. Is there any way I can get councelling without using my hubby's money? I can't get on medicaid unless we seperate. I can't remember what else you said in your post so I don't know what else to say. Hope you have a great rest of the week and weekend :)!!

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By kristi— Last Modified: 12/20/11, First Published: 10/25/11