My husband is suicidal and depressed and has been for a long time and I just want some tips to support him. He is awful to be around and I’m starting to hate him as I feel like I am always the one suffering or going without a break to support him. It’s exhausting and to protect his privacy and dignity I can’t talk to anyone about what I am dealing with. Having had three kids fairly young I have drifted from all my friends and don’t have any one to talk to anyway, so I’m just really lonely. I’ll be honest, most of the time I feel like he just wants me to sit and listen to him talk and agree with him but I get so frustrated not being able to talk about what I want (he thinks almost all my interests are stressful as they involve thinking about the future, like renovating our house or places we could move to - he says I am exhausting.) also any time I disagree with him he seems to be very defensive. 

Should I just close my mouth and hear what he has to say even though it makes me feel lonely? What do you want when your feeling low?


I realise how selfish I sound but I hate being talked to like shit at the least provocation and my one ‘friend’ not wanting to hear what I have to say. I just want my husband to act like he loves me.