I wasn't sure if I should post here but the comments have been very helpful for me so even though this is an old article I want to share any way. I have been in my marrige 5 years. We have been together for 10 years. It has been a long and abusive 10 years with a lot of emotional and mental abuse. My husband has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He has had it about 4 years and it has gotten worse over the last year. The abuse became minimal when he got sick because he didn't have the energy. We have 6 kids between us. My husband stopped working over a year ago. So our finances are in crisis. SSI doesn't see CFS as a real issue and there is no relief so the responsibility for most everything is on me. Our finances, chores, raising our kids, all of it. I don't want to be intimate. I have no interest. There is no attraction. It hurts him. His emotional needs aren't being met. I can't force myself to feel something I don't feel. He lashes out, calls me names, hurts his children with words, he threatens us. There are times when we fear for our lives. If I leave he will have nothing. I am so lost.
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I wasn't sure if I should post here but the comments have been very helpful for me so even though this is an old article I want to share any way. I have been in my marrige 5 years. We have been together for 10 years. It has been a long and abusive 10 years with a lot of emotional and mental abuse. My husband has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He has had it about 4 years and it has gotten worse over the last year. The abuse became minimal when he got sick because he didn't have the energy. We have 6 kids between us. My husband stopped working over a year ago. So our finances are in crisis. SSI doesn't see CFS as a real issue and there is no relief so the responsibility for most everything is on me. Our finances, chores, raising our kids, all of it. I don't want to be intimate. I have no interest. There is no attraction. It hurts him. His emotional needs aren't being met. I can't force myself to feel something I don't feel. He lashes out, calls me names, hurts his children with words, he threatens us. There are times when we fear for our lives. If I leave he will have nothing. I am so lost.
October 22, 2016 - 1:29pmThis Comment
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