DEAR DEIDRE: BY being unsympathetic to my husband’s depression, I have blown the marriage.
For years he has suffered but this latest bout has really got me down.
He’s 56 and I’m 57. He gets stressed in his job with his business partners.
We have ended up in different bedrooms, even separate lounges, and are barely speaking.
I’ve told him to see a counsellor but he says part of his depression is my fault because I roll my eyes at him and I’m unsupportive.
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I am ashamed to say he’s right.
I now think I may lose him and I’m heartbroken. We used to have a great relationship with so much love. How can I make amends?
DEIDRE SAYS: Be honest with him. Tell him he’s right and you have not been supportive when you should have been.
Plead with him to draw a line under what’s happened between you and see if you can start again.
My support pack on Depression may give you a better understanding, and one called Relationship MOT will show you how to get things back on track.