I thought it was me who was being unreasonable but after reading all these posts I am beginning to believe that those with ADHD who chose to do nothing about it should not be allowed to enter into relationships. My wife wants to be left alone, and I mean ALONE. He will do things like say "You are not sick!!" (Soup after you just threw up is too soon). He is generous to others but asks me when I can pay him back. But it only works if it's recent. I take and I take, and then I take some more. We already talked and we good now. Ask for forgiveness. I am not overwhelmingly rude or obnoxious or in his face. But we are talking about a lack of engagement here, right? Whenever he's sick I ask if I can go get anything from the store for him or do anything for him. When she start ignoring you and letting you do what you want, then you have a problem. I am the best thing he has ever had. a top book that therapists suggest all couples should read, Tell me about it..My husband lacks sympathy for me and the kids, His entertainment comes before anything else, They take as much as they can for as long as we allow it, Yes Dear Dede sadly we do know of that you speak:), https://www.adhdmarriage.com/content/empathy-and-adhd. Hewas an abusive, narcissistic Asshole. I could reclaim myself so to speak and put myself out there in the relationship but unless my H admits to the effects of adhd in the marriage and takes concrere steps tofix it, I don't expect another outcome. Do I wish that were not the case? I am choosing my battles now and choose to disconnect my emotions from my reality and continue to progress, better myself and finally live. Guy didnt wish me happy birthday am I wrong to be upset? Don't let the ADHD make you feel any worse you need the peace and quiet to recover gently. There's definitely a disconnect. But, with him, its more fun to ridicule and get angry at others because he's been inconvenienced in some way, and then he can get out his disapproval of having to be made to wait, instead of doing what HE wanted to do, right THEN. It wont solvefor the dishonesty (and just found a new credit card). I have learned that I am valuable independentlyand I have a great job, great family and friends and that my life is NOT about simply about him and he no longer makes my world go round, I do. I woke him up at 2 am and said "Get your clothes on- take me to the hospital- I have text book appendicitis." I am still me; I am unchanged to you. My husband is such a baby when hes sick is a huge cliche in marriage in the media. I was a great person, still am as are you. Tired of the "sorry" "I suck as a husband but won't get help" "you deserve better than me" I broke. Its your life not theres. This is what it's been like living with my ADHD husband as well. I think the explanation for her behavior lies in a few traits from her background: Latina with history of macho men in her past. After calling him 3 times with no answer, I finally called his friend's phone and explained my situation. People with ADHD don't have to miss movies because they lose track of timethey just have to learn toset alarms. SO did get angry at the slow healing process, and said this had better by done with by their birthday! BUT, we need to sell the house and the realtor is going to tell him to paint it back the way it was, because it won't sell being all jacked up. If she chooses to start an argument or to not be sympathetic, you can suggest counseling together. First of all, you have to stop with the drama of begging him to come take care of you! I was ready to leave and here I was, with another kind of affected person in my life. That might be funny, happy, outgoing, wittywhomever you are that he fell in love with and that you yourself love (don't ever be someone else for your partner!). I cam home ( after working out for an hour feeling worse ) and told my mom and she took my temperature and it was like 104 degrees!! During those 30 days I saw a good neurologist and was diagnosed with an Autoimmune neurological condition that can be life threatening. The Empathy/Systemising Quotient deals with the degree of emotional engagement vs systemising - an analytical deconstruction of inputs and outputs. But somehow he feels as my fault that I'm this way as if I can do something to change the circumstances. Submitted by The Bride (not verified) on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 04:33. I hope you left him. Submitted by thparkle on Tue, 03/20/2018 - 11:36. Got plenty of time to think about it. Was she sick recently and you didn't pay attention? He's afraid someone is going to see that he couldn't 'do this, and it will make him look bad to someone "out there". Have enough respect without ego to treat yourself with a non-toxic man or woman. And of course, my fave from Walter Mitty movie "Beautiful things don't ask for attention. He finally, after our friends begged him to get therapy so he wouldn't lose a good woman, said he would go. And although I don't think I have verbalized it completely just yet, I KNOW that THIS is the total crux of MY difficulty with H. We LOVE differently. You really aren't getting the kind of love and support that you deserve from him. Overthinking when my DH doesn't even think about it is a waste of good energy. Yeap, but there are moments I'm being shitty too so I thought to myself this is just fair. Submitted by DependentOrigination on Tue, 12/13/2016 - 10:32. Once the commitmenttothe work of a relationshipbecomes unappealing they revert back to old habits. Recently I was knocked down by a To us I should say. Not only that, it seems as if he's always angry or aggravated when I need him. We are at retirement age, but will never GET to retire. Bring her gatorade, soup, crackers, etc. The women (and a few men) who are married to someone with untreated or under treated ADHD all suffer from the something similar..A lack of love. Do you have kids that were sick too? We parted ways. Life goes on around us when we are sick. He made everyone pay for me leaving and stayed in the darkness and acted like a brat and victim. He was the only child in that family that didn't become chemically addicted to something, which he prides himself immensely for, instead of being "grateful" that he didn't become that. This is not ok. out of the basement and towards you) and that ADHD symptoms are poorly managed. Follow this journey on Living Without Limits. You are not on bed rest recovering from surgery, you have a common stomach bug. What symptoms first occurred in When she left for work she didn't even say goodbye. Stop selling your soul for sex, money or a sense of security. She came and went multiple times during the morning ignoring that I was still in bed and coughing a lot. The only family Im in contact with is my 91-year-old mother who lives an hour away. She has previously worked as Foster Family Agency Social Worker with foster children and in private practice. a pleasure". When I had the flu really bad my kids did too and I still had to take care of everybody. The denying, the refusal to get help and then knowing you are not the husband/personyou should be and then going right back to repeating the behaviors because on your "good" days you overcompensate for your low-self esteem and think you are the most amazing person ever. When I was3 months pregnant, wetook a trip to Mexico. We can't FIX some of this stuff on our own. I can't help but think there is SOMETHING ELSE WRONG WITH HIM. You cant expect people to stop. I have that kind of love with my children - simple, all encompassing, comfortable, aware, connected, attentive and involved it is possible to have it and I think it is a normal and natural human endeavor. Communicate to your wife how much this sexless existence is torturing you because of your great love for her. I wish you the best. Stay away from me!" His brother was paranoid-schizophrenic, diagnosed at 18 and died a few years ago from drug addiction. No wonder folks with ADHD have built up some walls. I'm tired . If you are in the full When my wife gets sick I take over and watch our daughters, 4 and 1, so she can sleep. In the age of cell phones and alarms, there really is little excuse for an ADHD partner to lose track of time - one can always set an alarm that is either consistent (i.e. My SO had an in depth ADHD assessment earlier this year (one we had to pay for out of pocket and it wasn't your run of the mill assessment, it took an entire morning of tests and interviews), and empathy was one of the things they assessed as they considered it part of the disorder. My husband never realized what was happening right under his nose. I think so. They'll let me be to recuperate, since they know it's nasty. I'm waiting for a serious operation and is in a lot of pain, there is been challenges and getting the surgery. This becomes a real problem for me in one area especially. Someone who can be inspirational, and help me or others see their own potential by being inspiring in themselves. I had to call my mother to take me.That said, there are many days when I really want to get out of the marriage. Otherwise I think you need to stop acting like a child when sick. I was shaking so badly, but I didmake it down the hill, and didn't speak to him the rest of that day. Yet if he were to become terminal , he would expect you to be right by his side. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. I was loving, generous, worked hard, tried to say things in kinder ways as to not hurt his feelings, tried many, many things to connect, or just spend some time with him. I could barely limp about and it was rapidly getting worse. Although Melissa's suggestions have some merit for a couple where there is active treatment adherence, I don't have much hope of change in my relationship with someone who never gives a thought to anyone else but himself. Dont gauge this for the rest of your marriage. All the mistakes I made after 2013 were not me but the broken woman I had become after all of this indirect abuse. In the first instance, you get his buy in. My SO is not yet undergoing any kind of treatment. I had a migraine headache and vomiting a few years ago and said I wanted to go to the ER and he said , "If you had a migraine your eyes would be sensitive to light." I could be Gisele and it wouldn't change the fact that my H approaches the relationship dishonestly. You kind of know when my appointments are, but ask me all the time, even though they are in your calendar. He has No responsibility for any of his behavior or actions. Submitted by notgonnalosemyself (not verified) on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 09:54. I am at peace now, non-reactive for the most part, I don't care if he doesn't call or text me. I have an illness. Kathy woke-up startled to hear her phone ring so at 5 am. I understand how having a stomach bug can be physically draining-hard to eat,sleep, ect But you are a 24 year old grown up, if youre sick, ask to go to doctor or if she can take you. When my wife is sick, I tend to wait on her. There are so many things he's broken or worked on, which have just become junk and broken down in the yard, garage and inside the house. I am not my illness; I am a warrior. Im the one who stays home all day while you go to work for 40or more hours a week and then still find the energy to come home and take care of me and the house. I can not tell you how much I can relate to you and everyone else that has posted. I shouldn't have to and I take very good care of myself after 27 years and a complete role reversal. I don't think this is necessarily an ADHD thing. Thankfully, our two children were happy to help me. If the ADHD'er is unwilling to get help then really it's not fair for the other person to be the only one to want to actively work at it. I drove myself to the urgent care centre, with the automatic transmission this time, and got it all wrapped up after the X-rays confirmed the break. I do believe he loves me. Submitted by ppester1 on Thu, 03/02/2017 - 14:44. That's just Im the one who is on disability and hasnt worked in two years. I am better than begging and I am tired of it. Empathy, love, and Gatorade are amazing to have, but the rest is all you. To have someone who would look at me when I talked to him (at least sometimes), and not look away, or in another direction, or not pay attention at all, and wouldn't immediately take an opposing view of my opinions, or discount them altogether. No one else using anything, no one using electricity, or water, or foodnothing. Blank and emotionless with no expression at all? I can understand mentioning it to him and maybe even asking, but begging?? He is Always the "Victim" and Everything is Always My Fault! Submitted by Jr4par83 on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 21:27. Somewhere, there's a breakdown, a distortion of what he's entitled to, verses what he thinks he deserves. I was always trying to coddle him, console him, all the while, since I was 17, begging him to get therapy for us or himself and refused, claiming that his bipolar mother was ruined by therapists. He lovesfamily when they are joking with him, but not if they need him. Etc. But you dont care. This is the response of a person who lives in the present. The saying goes, "Don't be mad when I pull a you, on you." And here is my confession, for I fall short of a Marvel superhero. Ive been on the site for a while and came here like everyone else looking for answers. If you ever became terminal, he would run for the hills. :) Don't get it twisted, I wait on him hand and foot when he is sick and right away he said he felt a tickle in his throat. I don't understand why many on this forum think ADHD is the cause of cruelty and worse. My husband has a 'man cold' right now. He just gets on his computer. Submitted by notgonnalosemyself (not verified) on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 14:55. The day came, I left and when he realized it after he got home, he text me and said "now I will really be all alone" and the teenager said he was crying and angry. What does it take to stop running into these types of people? If she's sick, and the kids need something, she's on her own. She even acts like I am somehow putting her out by not being 100%. I was about to turn 40 and here I was watching a grown man turn red in the face, speak horribly to himself for a broken scraper. Yep. I agree with Truth..his kids come first. I paid for every cent at that point and insurance for me/him. It was miserable. This marriage has changed me, first for the worst and now finally for the better. Pain beyond belief. I did it again. I mean, youre a grown man still complaining about a months-old twisted ankle so I wonder if youre exhausting to deal with when you dont feel well. I have loved you for a long time, and we have been through so much together, but what Ive recently learned is this: You could care less about my illness. On this basis, there must have been a time when she did care for you, but since it has happened so many times, she has no more 'empathy' to give in these situations. And I can tell you one thing without a doubt or question in my mind? She was in the hospital two days and has a 3 week recovery time frame. Sure, my H would love the extra attention and more positivity but the very sad fact is that I have had to live my life on guard. This goes so deep. I've seen SO deeply moved by the plight of others. I am learning to put myself first so I will show him where the meds are and head off to work. Only a 4 inch drop, but tricky in a cast. I would not be happy with the scenario you outlined. The one hoarding in the place you are trying to sell? Any other time, is when he's lecturing me about his "thoughts" of what he is or isn't going to DO about something, but never any talk or inter-personal connections on things. At one point my manager demanded I go see a medical doctor, which I already had, and because I was past two weeks of antibiotics and still sick, I was refused treatment. And vice versa. I invited him out to breakfast on a snowy Saturday morning since I thought that would be nice. But the way to stay unique and independent is to define when you will connect, rather than wait for him to notice at any time. My Mother in law said to my husband :" You should help her, she is going to fall". I've told our kids that THEY will be in charge of me if I ever get cancer or something like that. It seems to be the only time that a man can show weakness and it doesn't reflect his character. If I wasn't able to mock her and call her out in the moment, it might've developed into some nasty resentment. You should probably be checked out by a doctor. His ADHD sounds poorly enough managed that it is likely that he won't EVER notice your disconnection (he's doing his own thing.) He had the flu last year and I took care of him. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. They wouldn't get angry, but they'd certainly seem "greatly inconvenienced.". My husband believes he's Mr. Fix-It, and can fix anything. I always wished I had the guts to leave him but the codependencykept me there. I often hear that if a person wants to be with you, they will. When he's not sleeping, he's making random 'sick' noises like sighing, Of course, he doesn't understand why I can't go run errands with him because it's not a big deal that I've got a slight fever. Submitted by notgonnalosemyself (not verified) on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 14:07. If that's something that you can't handle, it's best to call it off. Maybe I'm just expecting a bit too much. He/she is merciless. Lack of empathy is an ADHD trait, and needs careful consideration and support from the non-ADHD partner as well. His kids are always going to come before you. Submitted by notgonnalosemyself (not verified) on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 08:18. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. She offered to take a day off to take care of me but I was already feeling better so I just said no. How a Narcissist Treats a Chronically Ill Spouse. A therapist can help you evaluate the factors that have led you to this step and then offer advice about how to best proceed. We havent heard from you in a while, and Im hoping you are ok. Fortunately, theres a But there is something that hurts me so desperately, he acts like he doesnt care when Im sick. Some people have zero bedside manner. I told her that as long as I took it slow, I would be OK. 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