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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone see my post about the most recent example? Is this normal?

I don’t think he’s doing it to be controlling. He is highly emotional. But to me that’s not an excuse to act in a way that ends up looking the same as someone who is trying to control you with the silent treatment. [/quote]

Sounds like mental illness. My sister's DH was like this, and self-medicating with marijuana. I thought he was just a very anxious person and they were both spiraling (like, the more anxious he got, the more sensitive, and the higher the number of things that triggered him, until they barely ever spoke). Do you think looking into anxiety might help? I guess bringing it up would lead to more silent treatment and being offended? I don't know how you would get him to actually get screened for it.[/quote]

Adding to my previous post: It might have gotten worse because of the pressures of having an SN child, which is in general hard on marriages. Any chance that he'd get therapy for that, to start? Maybe the focus should be on processing his own feelings--and then maybe they could get to his anxiety?

At this point, the amount of resentment is probably so large, that I'm not sure how you'll ever move past it. I guess practically speaking, try to minimize in-person interactions. Does he react better if you text or email him? Or will he misinterpret the messages for maximum offendedness?[/quote]

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