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Failed Suicide, Wife Mad

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Please seek professional help STAT. Disregard what your family may be saying or how they are reacting. People cope differently in crisis situations, and your family may be in a form of denial. The fact is you attempted to end your life. As such, you ought to currently be under the appropriate care.
 
You may also be dealing with an undiagnosed concussion from your jump.

Your thinking is a little distorted too. Not caring is the depression and possibly the meds talking. Someone telling you to go jump off a bridge is a horrible thing to say, and it's good your aunt apologized.
It's also very literal and inaccurate to actually think she meant she wanted you to die, and to actually listen to her and go and jump.

Of course your wife is mad. You acted with intent to permanently abandon your marriage and life together.

I'm glad she's mad. It means she cares. It means your wellbeing matters to her.

It's clear you deserve relief and possibly need some round the clock support. Your wife seems too overwhelmed with the possibility of the death of her husband to be 24/7 support right now. It means too much to her if you died. Please get the medical professionals involved and then your wife will better be able to care for you.
 
It isn't your wife that needs help Joseph, it is you. You need to check yourself into a hospital if you don...
Hi Anthony,
Thanks for your comments. I did go with my wife today to my Psychiatrist and have a quite a talk about what set this off. I agree with you that I am the one that needs help. I was just so surprised to see her mad, but like you said, I did in fact deserve it.
Thank you,
Joseph :)
 
I did go with my wife today to my Psychiatrist and have a quite a talk about what set this off. I agree with you that I am the one that needs help.
Now that is self care. Congratulations! Job well done. It is so important to treat those who care about us; for us, with great mindful care. Part of that is to hear what they are saying to us. Hearing what they need in order to help us. I hope your road is smoother....take great care.
 
Now that is self care. Congratulations! Job well done. It is so important to treat those who care a...
Hi shimmerz,
Thank you soooo much. You have spoken very kind words. I felt much better after speaking with the doctor and my wife (all at the same time). After a conversation about the whole incident, I explained that I let go of my emotional control, and was drinking at the time. (normally no).

Today, I am feeling better and have no ideas of you no what. My wife is cautious, but happy.
Thank you all,
Joseph King :)
 
You need to get to a hospital immediately. They can adjust your meds, get you counseling, and get you the support you need. Your wife is scared out of her wits and so is the rest of your family. Please get help immediately!
 
I felt incredibly angry when my friend attempted suicide, and I still do. It's not anything bad, it's a form of grief. Ever heard of "ambiguous grief"? It's the process of grieving someone who is still alive. And a very common part of grief is anger.

I can't speak much on how you feel but I can offer some advice on your wife. You might need to accept that there may be parts of this suicide attempt she can't talk about yet. And in turn, she will need to accept that you will have to talk about some of it at some point. Things like these, when you're both emotionally fragile sometimes have to go two ways.

If your wife is mad, then that's absolutely ok. She's hurting, and it's coming out in anger. It's ok for her to be mad, it's not ok for her to take it out on you.

This is difficult because I really, really do not want you to feel guilty. But I'm also trying to point out that I really wish someone had validated and accepted my anger straight from the start and helped me. That doesn't have to be you. You're not her therapist. But even the nicest people have their breaking point, and attempting to hide anger always leads to it coming out later in more harmful ways. Hope this helped a little, I hope you get better soon.
 
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