Posted by partlycloudy on September 20, 2004, at 15:50:55
In reply to Heheh, guess I forgot to mention..., posted by Racer on September 20, 2004, at 15:31:51
> OK, now that I've finished the thought, wanna offer more? (Or, PC, can you copy that 'understanding' and 'supportive' profile of your husband, so that I can install them on mine?)
>Part of why my husband is as supportive as he is, is because I have force fed him information about bipolar2, anxiety, and panic attacks. He didn't seem the least bit interested, but when I was able to do a show-and-tell (see me crying sitting on the toilet? That is depression. See me panting like a dog and shaking like a leaf? That is anxiety), he tried his best to see that when I said I couldn't do something (like make dinner or clean the white dust off the TV screen), I really couldn't.
He was really resistant to me making him read all this book exerpts and stuff printed from the web, but ultimately it helped him have a better appreciation of my disabilities. I would just tell him that if he read any of this, he would understand me better.
So perhaps he's not so much supportive and understanding as responsive to my bullying?
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