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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like I’ve been giving him space for years and it hasn’t changed. He had an abusive childhood and never got proper therapy for that. 
Three years ago he lost his job and told me he just couldn’t go back to that industry, so we’ve been living on my salary while he tries to build his own business— which is fine, I’m happy that we can do this. But now that he has an enormous amount of freedom, he seems more depressed than ever. I think it’s very isolating for him to be on his own trying to build this business.

I shouldn’t take it personally but it hurts when he tells me he has nothing to look forward to and the best years of his life are over. It is hard to live with someone who is so negative and angry at the world. (I guess I do take it personally because I always do my best to be there for him and make him happy. I’ve also sacrificed a lot these past three years and worked extremely hard, and he’s not happy.)

Maybe I am the one who should go to therapy. I gently suggested last night to him that he doesn’t have to live this way, and a therapist could help, and his response was the same one he always gives on the rare occasions when I bring it up: “I’ll get over it.” Yes, but when? And what’s our marriage like in the meantime?[/quote]

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