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[quote=Anonymous]Wow a lot of judgement on here.

When I was post-partum, I had rage episodes and feel the way I treated my husband was at times abusive. I am now on meds and in individual therapy. However, we are still recovering from that period. He contributed too and things would escalate.

We are both in couples therapy and also in individual. It is getting better. Things are *so* much better between us. Trust was damaged but is being rebuilt. It does take time and work. There were a lot of things I was unhappy about in our marriage and was not dealing with well. (Thus the raging). Now we are better able to solve our conflicts and we are no longer as stressed.

I feel like I went through a mental health crisis. I would be very hurt by attitudes like "do you really want to be stuck with someone who has issues, needs therapy and meds"?

You and your spouse need to do couples therapy. You also probably need to get your own therapy. You are owning your part in it--will he own his part? And apologize? And work to make your marriage better? If the answer to those questions is no, then you have your answer. For me, the answer is yes, I am working on it, and we are now a closer team than we ever have been. [/quote]

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