Depression and balance
Living with depression makes it hard for me to feel like I can do anything right. There are tangible things I can point to, like getting my PhD, having a job I love and being married to my partner for over ten years, etc.; that if I saw someone else with those things I'd consider them having their life together. But lately I have had way more stress, grief and depression than I can take. My grandmother passed away, I've been constantly traveling (my job requires some difficult travel to remote places) and trying to juggle my marriage with the endless responsibilities I have.
Yesterday my husband and I got into a fight. I sincerely apologized for my end of it and he told me it sounded mechanical and weird. I was dealing with a work crisis at home and he kept trying to tell me how to fix it while I was on the phone trying to fix it myself. He has found reason after reason to pick at me today. I feel like I have been uncharacteristically calm and he has been uncharacteristically combative but I can't articulate that in a way he will listen to. I ordered his favorite dinner tonight, played his favorite game with him and then he said we should watch a show. He then told me I should watch it alone and when I asked why he said he didn't feel like it. Ten minutes later, while I'm cleaning up dog poop, he comes in the room to tell me I should have convinced him to watch it with me. It is midnight, I've had a shit day after a very long stretch of shit days and I'm in my thirties. I'm not trying to play games! Am I being unreasonable? I feel like I'm not but there's nothing I can say to him and feel heard. I feel like this is just one more thing I'm just not understanding about people and also that my depression and anxiety is used to make it out like I am always unreasonable. My heart and head hurt. He's usually my rock and now I feel like I'm falling off a cliff, praying for the end.
@amusingSail2173
it sounds the best thing to do is talk to him or maybe couples therapy its good that you have goals and ambitions but your partner cant act this way while you are in this deppresive state
i wish you all the best