A Sharp Wit Can Be A Lifesaver
Awesome, Chicago, Health & Body, home, Love/Romance, Spouses & Partners, USA | Romantic | March 24, 2018
(I’ve been suffering from chronic depression for most of my life, and my husband has been exceptionally patient and loving to me through my episodes. With his help, I’ve built a system that allows me to work through many of these episodes without medical or chemical help, which is especially important as I am currently nursing our infant son. Part of this system is warning my husband when I’m feeling especially emotionally raw, which we call a “blue day.”)
Me: “Love, I just wanted you to know I’m having a blue day.”
Husband: *concerned* “You okay, sweetheart?”
Me: “I’m just… stuck in this loop. I don’t even know what triggered it. I keep thinking, ‘Just go for the knife,’ and I can’t snap out of it.”
Husband: “Want me to dull the knives for you?”
Me: *caught off guard* “Wait, what?”
Husband: “Seriously! By the time I’m done, you’ll be asking, ‘Why won’t these things even cut butter?!'”
(I had to laugh as he acted out the impossible knives that couldn’t cut room temperature butter, and then got our toddler in on the fun. I’m so blessed to have someone like him!)
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