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[quote=Anonymous]OP - DH has to be willing to get a mental health evaluation with a psychiatrist and be open to medication if recommended.  You both need some couples counseling which might be a way to get him into individual therapy in time to figure out a more positive way forward.  You need to consider the impact of how things are going on your children.  If he has not had a job in a long time, have you explored ways to perhaps rebuild his confidence or self-esteem  AND developing a routine slowly to get him doing something that might reignite more of an interest in life?  options might be a non-credit class at a community college --- which might well offer Jon related certificate programs, a volunteer job in an area of interest or one using some of his skills? Has he gone to the local workforce center to see if he might qualify for anr retraining?

I do go back to dealing with his mental health first and for younto see a counselor who can help you figure out how to support, but not enable yor husband.  Also, to try to define as partners perhaps in small steps what he woukd do for kids, in the house and then as you might a child to learn to praise him on small things and see how it goes.  You need someone in your corner to support you because right now DH is unable to do so.  Consider what your kids need, too.[/quote]

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