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Hello and welcome This is the Relationships and Family section where members can talk about what is happening in their lives and the people they live with. We know that who we live with can make a big impact on our wellbeing, both in a good way or a ... View more

Hello and welcome This is the Relationships and Family section where members can talk about what is happening in their lives and the people they live with. We know that who we live with can make a big impact on our wellbeing, both in a good way or a negative way. As always, we want to hear your story and how it impacts you and encourage everyone to support each other with kindness. There are a few things to consider when posting in this section so we can all get the most out of it: Everyone’s situation is unique. We all do our best to share what is important in our story but we can never share it all. Let’s be mindful we can’t know all of everyone’s story. Anonymous but public. These posts are available to everyone and while the moderation team keeps the Forums anonymous, posts are still online for everyone to read. Have a think about what you want to share to get the best support for you. Please stay safe. This space is an amazing way to seek support from others who might understand what you are going through. We want to hear how you are going and what is happening for you. Please also consider 1800RESPECT if you don’t feel safe or 000 if you are in danger right now. You deserve to be safe. Thank you again for joining this conversation, your contributions are worthy and important to us here. Beyond Blue

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2008 Autism
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Has anyone gone through a relationship breakup because of a child with Autism? I feel pretty worthless that a man I was with for 3 years has left me because it's all too hard. I have grief depression & it's extremely difficult. My son has many issues... View more

Has anyone gone through a relationship breakup because of a child with Autism? I feel pretty worthless that a man I was with for 3 years has left me because it's all too hard. I have grief depression & it's extremely difficult. My son has many issues but I can't change any of it. My ex didn't want to do it anymore. I feel so rejected & my self esteem has been completely shot! Anyone gone through a similar experience? This was the first relationship after my Divorce which was 7 years ago.

David35 how to deal with overprotective mother
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The last 2 winters I have become sick, either from the flu or the cold. I'm an asthmatic so these issues which are usually no big deal, are a concern for me. So I usually end up with lingering coughs from inflamed airways, back strains from incessant... View more

The last 2 winters I have become sick, either from the flu or the cold. I'm an asthmatic so these issues which are usually no big deal, are a concern for me. So I usually end up with lingering coughs from inflamed airways, back strains from incessant coughing and occasionally trouble breathing (wheezing g). It's a generally miserable existence until I get better.The problem is that because I live with my mother who is overly concerned for my welfare, it makes my life hell. If I cough, I get yelled at out of frustration because I'm not better. If I can't move properly because my back hasn't healed yet, she starts balling her eyes out. Basically I'm made to feel guilty for being sick. I know it's due to her caring nature but it just adds so much pressure that it's like walking on egg shells. I can't help the effects the viruses have on my lungs. Several times I've had to call locums. A few weeks ago I had a mild asthma attack which I've forgotten how frightening they are, especially when ventolin isn't working. Nevertheless, I'm always made to feel like I've done something wrong through no fault of my own, by simply getting sick.Is this a parent thing? We lost my dad,mjer husband, 7 years ago and I know I'm all she has some days, but sometimes it can be suffocating. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to deal with this?

Bee1998 The person I finally wanted to spend the rest of my life with has cheated on me.
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I have been with my partner for almost four years now. I found out last week that when he went away to America for a work trip, that he tried to pursue another female behind my back. When I confronted my partner after finding out, he swore on his lif... View more

I have been with my partner for almost four years now. I found out last week that when he went away to America for a work trip, that he tried to pursue another female behind my back. When I confronted my partner after finding out, he swore on his life and our relationship that nothing happened and he didn’t go through with anything. But I decided to message the girl myself today, and found out everything he told me was a lie. He invited her to his hotel room and made out with her and was touching her. I am not coping or dealing with that at all right now. I feel like giving up on my life. I have been hurt too many times. I’m 25 years old, and nothing has ever been easy for me. I finally thought I had found someone who was never going to hurt me. Someone I finally felt safe and happy and myself around. Someone I could trust and call home forever. I feel so sad and lost and hopeless.

Patches63 Need to talk
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Feeling lost, scared and angry at the world. my 2 best friends and only friends I have in town where I live have both recently told me they are moving away and going to live in different towns. One will be approx 5 hours one way drive away and other ... View more

Feeling lost, scared and angry at the world. my 2 best friends and only friends I have in town where I live have both recently told me they are moving away and going to live in different towns. One will be approx 5 hours one way drive away and other will be moving to small country town in different state. I have PTSD and abandonment issues since childhood. Every time I get close to someone I loose them either through death or other reasons. Having nightmares about people leaving and struggling with low mood/tears. Have spoken to therapist who advised to look for positives in the situation. My cats are great and not leaving my side. So scared and upset of thought of not having anyone in my life Patches

o0 3ree6ixty 0o I feel like a horrible human being about what I said about my ex-girlfriend
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So for some back story me and my ex-girlfriend have been dating for 3 months and this is my first relationship and my ex we will call Taylor (not her real name) is 15 and I am 16 we both work at a McDonald’s together so we see each other quite often,... View more

So for some back story me and my ex-girlfriend have been dating for 3 months and this is my first relationship and my ex we will call Taylor (not her real name) is 15 and I am 16 we both work at a McDonald’s together so we see each other quite often, I suffer from social anxiety, depression, and adhd I have a big problem with filtering some of my words, now that we have that covered, we broke up around 3 weeks ago and she broke up with me in the middle of my shift and she gave me the excuse of that it wasn’t working out for her and that the relationship wasn’t what she expected it to be and that’s it she said sorry and left (by the way I didn’t Evan hear this from her I originally heard it from one of our friends) and so I was heart broken I had to go home early, so now to what I did I went to work the next day still heart broken and I was talking to some of my guy friends who happen to in relationships with some Taylor’s friends, I said to my guy friends a lot of graphic and vulgar things about her and as soon as I said those things it felt like a bullet when straight through my head and instantly regretted everything I said and so a few days past and I get a message from her she is pissed as she should be and we got into a huge argument about basically talking to our friends at work about the relationship at work when basically every one at our so work new that Taylor wanted to Break up with me before I did and so I apologized and said that I made a mistake and that I am human and I make mistakes and that I regret everything that I said and that I really want to be friends and I have given her around 2 week before communicating with her and I simply asked her how she had been and she said very defensively why are you suddenly hitting me up and I said because I still care about you we were in a relationship and I still care for you and ever since that she as been ghosting me online and at work I need some advice

Lw32 Don't know what to do
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Im really struggling & i need someone to talk too. My husband and I have been together for 13 years & we have 3 kids together. Our relationship has had its ups & downs but the past year has been pretty rocky where I've been noticing a change in his b... View more

Im really struggling & i need someone to talk too. My husband and I have been together for 13 years & we have 3 kids together. Our relationship has had its ups & downs but the past year has been pretty rocky where I've been noticing a change in his behaviour & actions that come across as him not being as invested in me or our relationship, he says it's not the case but when his actions dont align with what he says I get upset & Im really struggling because he often denies that hes doing anything wrong. Hes got these new connections/friends that he's made through work & has suddenly been frequently going out for drinks with them & going to events with them & is spending less & less time with me. He doesn't think of me & how lonely I am. He's fine leaving me home alone with the kids all the time & leaves me to do everything on my own & only thinks of me when he wants something like a lift home. I feel like he has this new life that I'm not apart of, and he's only nice to me when he wants something. Like dinner, a back rub or to be taken care of him when he's sick.I love my husband so much. And i know he loves me too cause when we're good, we're good. He can say all the thing i want to hear ( I love you, i care about you, ill never break up with you) he holds me in his arms to watch something or when we go to bed & i do everything i can for him to show i love him but then when he does something that upsets me & makes me question if he cares.. He says he does but then he doesn't really show it.He sometimes struggles to understand me & my emotions when I'm upset especially if he thinks he's being hard done by. He invalidates my feelings, ignores my feelings and makes me feel worthless & not worth loving which is the opposite of how I need to be supported & I have expressed this to him many times but when he is annoyed he is a different person. He can be so cold, heartless and stubborn towards me & I need him to show he cares about me so bad.Last Friday, he finished work early to go drinking again, a time when we had plans to talk about us. I desperately needed him to come home & want to repair our relationship from a previous fight. Instead he went drinking with the boys, lied to me that he'd be out of there by 4:30pm. Purposefully rejected my calls & msgs at 6:50pm. Got blind drunk & got his cousin to msg me to pick them up at 11pm.It feels like he's always choosing to do the thing that he knows will hurt me because he doesn't care about me & only thinks about what he wants in the moment.The next day he was apologetic asking me to forgive him but I was so angry & hurt, I couldn't just say ok & get over it...He thinks I should just accept & get over things straight away but the feeling of hurt doesn't just go away instantly.A day later & he's now turning things around on me saying he doesn't know if he wants to be with me because he says im always upset. Like I'm the problem. He says it's getting harder to love me. Even though when he was apologising the day prior he was saying he loves me & doesn't want to lose me & that it would hurt him if I decided to leave.I feel like it's not fair. He's done & said so many hurtful things lately & though leaving has entered my mind out of hopelessness, me wanting to be with him has never changed. And I've never said something that would make him question if I love him or want to be with him. Because there is no question. Him, this marriage & our family mean everything to me.I dont feel like me getting upset at the feeling of getting less of him, makes me the problem, especially not one worth being broken up with... It hurts that he's blaming me. I'm dying inside because my security in this relationship has been taken away unfairly. Im finding myself putting my feelings & the support i need aside begging him not to do this, to not mean the thing's he's saying & he says he's just so tired & frustrated but that he hasn't fully said he's ready to walk.I don't know what to do. I'm crying & hes giving me indifference, I can't sleep & unable to eat, i can't turn my head off. I'm feeling so depressed & so alone & it makes it worse that he's just ok with it.

Kylie_2022 Not in love
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3 weeks before Covid lockdown started my husband came home after a few drinks with mates and wanted to end our marriage. Bringing up a few things from the past. This really blew me away because at the time of these moments in our life we worked throu... View more

3 weeks before Covid lockdown started my husband came home after a few drinks with mates and wanted to end our marriage. Bringing up a few things from the past. This really blew me away because at the time of these moments in our life we worked through them and it wasn’t a big problem?my husband was unemployed at this stage as he had lost his job 6 months earlier. After this evening, nothing made sense so I started to investigate logging on to his Facebook (I know this is not the right thing to do) I couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary. After a few days I logged onto his account as he was acting weird. And sure enough he was messaging another woman (a woman he used to work with) I put the kids to bed before confronting him. He asked if I wanted him to leave, I said if you walk out now then it is over forever. Covid hit and we were locked down on and off for 18 months. I struggled with mental illness (along with so many others) his affair lasted 6 months but apparently it was not a physical affair? So over the past 18 months we have had counselling, I feel this helped him more than me as I feel I have lost all my feelings for him and I have been honest telling him that I’m not in love with him anymore. I know I should walk away but I just can’t or I don’t know how to leave.

Franz A triangle
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Hi EveryoneI have an awkward situation that is trying me.I have been married for 35 years and retired for 7.My mother in law developed a terminal condition 5 years ago and has lived far longer than expected.We spent years looking after her at her hom... View more

Hi EveryoneI have an awkward situation that is trying me.I have been married for 35 years and retired for 7.My mother in law developed a terminal condition 5 years ago and has lived far longer than expected.We spent years looking after her at her home before she recently went into care. She lives in regional NSW and our usual home is in SydneyI had thought the deal was that when this happened, we could resume our normal life, but now my wife still wants to visit her every day, meaning she is away for weeks at a time. I spend time in town for my independent activities and friends but then miss the daily emotional and physical relationship, we stay in regular contact and have short holidays together. I periodically spend time there, but it is very limiting as I do not have my own wheels.I love my wife, but sometimes I feel like an acting extra, a quasi nomad balancing an independent identity against keeping my marriage, in an unwanted competition with a third party.

Jimmy-2023 Break up
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Hi I have just broke up with my partner of three years, how do you work out how much of their criticism of my personality is accurate. I am feeling shell shocked by the things she thinks about me. I want to recognise the truth without punishing mysel... View more

Hi I have just broke up with my partner of three years, how do you work out how much of their criticism of my personality is accurate. I am feeling shell shocked by the things she thinks about me. I want to recognise the truth without punishing myself

jd03 Plz help :(
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Hi all. I’m back (again, unfortunately). This time is bad though. On Sunday night, I was really depressed about assignments and having gone home at lunch time to mum swearing and cursing because she couldn’t clip the dog’s nails. I couldn’t his distr... View more

Hi all. I’m back (again, unfortunately). This time is bad though. On Sunday night, I was really depressed about assignments and having gone home at lunch time to mum swearing and cursing because she couldn’t clip the dog’s nails. I couldn’t his distressing as it felt personal. But anyway I went to my room and cried about this for a while and then was so emotionally drained that when I went back home for dinner I didn’t really talk. While we were having dinner, I finally worked up the courage (after many months of staying silent) to ask mum if she could chew with her mouth open. I thought this was reasonable. Anyway, I got yelled at/lectured for a solid half an hour, where I was basically made to feel like my problems didn’t matter, everything was my fault and I had ruined the night. I think dad even said something like ‘if we have to be paranoid about everything we do around you we may as well just all neck ourselves.’ He said many things like this that really hurt me. After multiple years of living with this I have lost sight of whether saying things like this is reasonable or not, but my partner assured me that the things they were saying was not fair. But this was my breaking point. I had to sit there and cop a lecture for asking mum to chew with her mouth shut. The next day, after much crying, I went home and it was the exact same conversation: ‘you caused quite the chaos last night…it went on for 2 hours after you left…I had actual things to complain about when I was a kid.’ Things like this. So the day after was no better. Now two days on, we have another similar conversation. At this point, I’ve been avoiding my parents and not really talking to them. We had another conversation tonight where I explained to them that I was really depressed and it broke me being told that my problems didn’t matter and I ruined everything over a question I thought was reasonable. But no…’you didn’t even say thank you for dinner, you just walk through the door and complain.’ And stuff like that. ‘You only ever see things from your perspective. Do you know that other people have issues too?’ So yeah. I have no idea what to do or what you’d call this. To me, it seems borderline emotionally abusive and if anyone, dad really cannot see my perspective because any time I go to say something my opinion is wrong. I’m really stuck because I work for my parents and live at home and I can’t move out yet, but home is becoming unbearable. I feel there’s no easy way out