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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: 18 hours ago | Replies (5)
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Thank you for your comments and insights. I have started watching your videos and will share them with my husband when he seems receptive to them. They have lifted my spirits already and I just pray for patience. Because of his depression he is not always going to be in a place to want to watch. I will share with him what I have learned, regardless.
It’s good to know that there is hope. I guess it is how you frame things that counts.
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I'm glad you found the videos helpful; hopefully, your husband will watch them too. I'll be adding a couple of new ones soon.
One thing I forgot to mention -- for years after the stroke, I was incredibly fearful of having another. Just about every stroke patient I've met has said the same.
Everything I did terrified me. For example, I was afraid that if I stood up too fast, I'd get dizzy, fall, and hurt myself. But if I stood up slowly, my blood pressure would skyrocket and trigger a stroke! Totally irrational, to be sure.
That fear had its own corrosive effect on my spirit. Thinking that at any minute my head could almost literally explode made me depressed, like a soldier in the trenches who fears that the next artillery shell is going to kill him.
I'm better now, but I still have moments.
Anyway, please tell your husband to be patient and compassionate with himself. He is fortunate to have a loving wife who cares deeply and is committed to making this journey with him.
I pray that his attitude will improve. God bless you for being there for him.